Create a trigger on all the last_modified columns in PostgreSQL

spi module: moddatetime

moddatetime — Functions for Tracking Last Modification Time

moddatetime() is a trigger that stores the current time into a timestamp field. This can be useful for tracking the last modification time of a particular row within a table.

To use, create a BEFORE UPDATE trigger using this function. Specify a single trigger argument: the name of the column to be modified. The column must be of type timestamp or timestamp with time zone.

There is an example in moddatetime.example.

Example / Synopsis

From the above referenced file,

DROP TABLE mdt;

CREATE TABLE mdt (
    id      int4,
    idesc       text,
    moddate timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
);

CREATE TRIGGER mdt_moddatetime
    BEFORE UPDATE ON mdt
    FOR EACH ROW
    EXECUTE PROCEDURE moddatetime (moddate);

INSERT INTO mdt VALUES (1, 'first');
INSERT INTO mdt VALUES (2, 'second');
INSERT INTO mdt VALUES (3, 'third');

SELECT * FROM mdt;

UPDATE mdt SET id = 4
    WHERE id = 1;
UPDATE mdt SET id = 5
    WHERE id = 2;
UPDATE mdt SET id = 6
    WHERE id = 3;

SELECT * FROM mdt;

Your Application

So this is what you would need to.

CREATE EXTENSION moddatetime;

CREATE TRIGGER mdt_table
  BEFORE UPDATE ON table
  FOR EACH ROW
  EXECUTE PROCEDURE moddatetime (prefix_last_modified);