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From: Jan Wieck <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Fabien COELHO <[email protected]>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Patches <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: "ALSO" keyword to "CREATE RULE" patch
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:24:11 -0500
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Fabien COELHO <[email protected]> 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 did not. We inherited it from Postgres 4.2. If people think an ALSO 
keyword will clearify things, what about renaming the whole CREATE RULE 
into something along the line CREATE QUERY REWRITE MACRO?


Jan

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