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To: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
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Subject: Re: Partition: use triggers instead of rules 
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Comments: In-reply-to David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
	message dated "Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:26:15 -0800"
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:53:04 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> Best practices for partitioning so far have shown that TRIGGERs are
> better than RULEs for most cases.  Please find attached a patch which
> reflects this.

Entirely removing the example of how to do it with rules doesn't
seem like a good idea.

			regards, tom lane