Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F7C82E3349; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:17:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12700-02; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:17:04 -0400 (AST) Received: from fetter.org (start.fetter.org [66.92.188.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FBBC2E3141; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:17:04 -0400 (AST) Received: by fetter.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 54488FBC91E; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:17:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:17:02 -0800 From: David Fetter To: "Jonah H. Harris" Cc: Tom Lane , PostgreSQL Docs , PostgreSQL Patches Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Partition: use triggers instead of rules Message-ID: <20071129031702.GU24146@fetter.org> References: <20071128202615.GG24146@fetter.org> <21686.1196283184@sss.pgh.pa.us> <36e682920711281858x9a37039sa104036bf025de41@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <36e682920711281858x9a37039sa104036bf025de41@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/120 X-Sequence-Number: 4653 On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:58:26PM -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote: > On Nov 28, 2007 3:53 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > > Entirely removing the example of how to do it with rules doesn't > > seem like a good idea. > > Agreed. Do you have an example of one use case where using RULEs rather than TRIGGERs is a good idea? Cheers, David. -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate