postgresql pg_notify 请求中没有对结果数据的赋值

postgresql pg_notify there is no assignment for result data in the request

我想使用 pg_notify 函数接收通知。

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION add_task_notify()
RETURNS trigger AS
$BODY$ 
DECLARE
   payload text;

BEGIN           
   SELECT pg_notify('tasks', 'payload');
RETURN NEW;
END;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
COST 100;
ALTER FUNCTION add_task_notify()
OWNER TO postgres;

CREATE TRIGGER add_task_event_trigger
AFTER INSERT
ON tasks
FOR EACH ROW
EXECUTE PROCEDURE add_task_notify();

但是我得到了错误(从我的母语翻译而来——不完全是错误,你可以用英语得到):There is no assignment for result data in the request。怎么了?

我应该使用这个:

PERFORM pg_notify('tasks', 'payload');

原报错信息为:

ERROR: query has no destination for result data.

使用PERFORM代替SELECT

...
BEGIN           
    PERFORM pg_notify('tasks', 'payload');
    RETURN NEW;
END;
...