I'm having an issue with this code when I try to input values into the transactions table - postgresql

Question

So I'm setting up a schema in which I can input transactions of a journal entry independent of each other but also that rely on each other (mainly to ensure that debits = credits). I set up the tables, function, and trigger. Then, when I try to input values into the transactions table, I get the error below. I'm doing all of this in pgAdmin4.
CREATE TABLE transactions (
transactions_id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1(),
entry_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
post_date DATE NOT NULL,
account_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
contact_id INTEGER NULL,
description TEXT NOT NULL,
reference_id UUID NULL,
document_id UUID NULL,
amount NUMERIC(12,2) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE entries (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY,
test_date DATE NOT NULL,
balance NUMERIC(12,2)
CHECK (balance = 0.00)
);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION transactions_biut()
RETURNS TRIGGER
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
BEGIN
EXECUTE 'INSERT INTO entries (id,test_date,balance)
SELECT
entry_id,
post_date,
SUM(amount) AS ''balance''
FROM
transactions
GROUP BY
entry_id;';
END;
$$;
CREATE TRIGGER transactions_biut
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON transactions
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE transactions_biut();
INSERT INTO transactions (
entry_id,
post_date,
account_id,
description,
amount
)
VALUES
(
'1',
'2019-10-01',
'101',
'MISC DEBIT: PAID FOR FACEBOOK ADS',
-200.00
),
(
'1',
'2019-10-01',
'505',
'MISC DEBIT: PAID FOR FACEBOOK ADS',
200.00
);
After I execute this input, I get the following error:
ERROR: column "id" of relation "entries" does not exist
LINE 1: INSERT INTO entries (id,test_date,balance)
^
QUERY: INSERT INTO entries (id,test_date,balance)
SELECT
entry_id,
post_date,
SUM(amount) AS "balance"
FROM
transactions
GROUP BY
entry_id;
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function transactions_biut() line 2 at EXECUTE
SQL state: 42703

Answer 1

There are a few problems here:
You're not returning anything from the trigger function => should probably be return NEW or return OLD since you're not modifying anything
Since you're executing the trigger before each row, it's bound to fail for any transaction that isn't 0 => maybe you want a deferred constraint trigger?
You're not grouping by post_date, so your select should fail
You've defined entry_id as INTEGER, but entries.id is of type UUID
Also note that this isn't really going to scale (you're summing up all transactions of all days, so this will get slower and slower...)

Answer 2

#chirs I was able to figure out how to create a functioning solution using statement-level triggers:
CREATE TABLE transactions (
transactions_id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1(),
entry_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
post_date DATE NOT NULL,
account_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
contact_id INTEGER NULL,
description TEXT NOT NULL,
reference_id UUID NULL,
document_id UUID NULL,
amount NUMERIC(12,2) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE entries (
entry_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
post_date DATE NOT NULL,
balance NUMERIC(12,2),
CHECK (balance = 0.00)
);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION transactions_entries() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
BEGIN
IF (TG_OP = 'DELETE') THEN
INSERT INTO entries
SELECT o.entry_id, o.post_date, SUM(o.amount) FROM old_table o GROUP BY o.entry_id, o.post_date;
ELSIF (TG_OP = 'UPDATE') THEN
INSERT INTO entries
SELECT o.entry_id, n.post_date, SUM(n.amount) FROM new_table n, old_table o GROUP BY o.entry_id, n.post_date;
ELSIF (TG_OP = 'INSERT') THEN
INSERT INTO entries
SELECT n.entry_id,n.post_date, SUM(n.amount) FROM new_table n GROUP BY n.entry_id, n.post_date;
END IF;
RETURN NULL; -- result is ignored since this is an AFTER trigger
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE TRIGGER transactions_ins
AFTER INSERT ON transactions
REFERENCING NEW TABLE AS new_table
FOR EACH STATEMENT EXECUTE PROCEDURE transactions_entries();
CREATE TRIGGER transactions_upd
AFTER UPDATE ON transactions
REFERENCING OLD TABLE AS old_table NEW TABLE AS new_table
FOR EACH STATEMENT EXECUTE PROCEDURE transactions_entries();
CREATE TRIGGER transactions_del
AFTER DELETE ON transactions
REFERENCING OLD TABLE AS old_table
FOR EACH STATEMENT EXECUTE PROCEDURE transactions_entries();
Any thoughts on optimization?