From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200403041452.i24Equw00423@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: "ALSO" keyword to "CREATE RULE" patch
In-Reply-To: <25495.1078411608@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:52:56 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>,
	PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> writes:
> > Most of the patch deals with the documentation, which is rather ugly
> > because it keeps telling about "INSTEAD" vs "non-INSTEAD" rules, as there
> > is no name for the default behavior. I think "ALSO" fixes this issue as it
> > clarifies the explanations.
> 
> Hmm ... I find that argument much more convincing than any of the others
> ...
> 
> Jan, what do you think?  You invented this command's syntax IIRC.

I thought the syntax came from Berkeley.  We can add ALSO if folks like
it.  I can't think of cases where we have keywords for both on and off
behavior, and allow a default if the keyword is missing.

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