Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE7122E0107; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:06:06 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27694-04; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:05:58 -0400 (AST) Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A2932E0060; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:06:03 -0400 (AST) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-98-252.bk7-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.98.252]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAT15wsa025791 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:06:01 -0800 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2F74B47C0F; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:06:01 -0300 (CLST) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:06:01 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: David Fetter Cc: Tom Lane , PostgreSQL Docs , PostgreSQL Patches Subject: Re: Partition: use triggers instead of rules Message-ID: <20071129010601.GZ5118@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <20071128202615.GG24146@fetter.org> <21686.1196283184@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20071128205710.GL24146@fetter.org> <24889.1196288258@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20071129005334.GN24146@fetter.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071129005334.GN24146@fetter.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:06:01 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/118 X-Sequence-Number: 4651 David Fetter wrote: > Greg Sabino Mullane managed to contrive an example where RULEs might > conceivably be the least-bad way to do this, that being a machine > where no PLs may be installed. Perhaps this just means we should consider installing plpgsql by default. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/5ZYLFMCVHXC "There was no reply" (Kernel Traffic)