Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D8DC2E3262 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:05:16 -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 85960-02 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:05:04 -0400 (AST) Received: from ro-out-1112.google.com (ro-out-1112.google.com [72.14.202.176]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D61DC2E2FD6 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:05:09 -0400 (AST) Received: by ro-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p4so3078815roc for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:05:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=+s4oa7pjdnUKFOVYE7J5FwC4KLxFpRhvZIpgmdQbRfU=; b=qhE7ELYwCcZt8je1dr0ZQzeYHcnVQcJ6yj6J9F2gF4aSxJYpW60qagJmeO8kDkjL2gr0yMX0y4ZDPw28OdWkchoaRYM79gwg0OPnSBLPqfPajRSH/gFSTM9zCWi/lOuKlJ9sEhsfhC2xABusLtjLrkSTscuYrZjG3uz9D57mfsA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=XGLLNQ5GpTzxkw6/NZHr7iJcCMG9EmxMYzX8WEmQGCiDSlKF/PAw4PS1E2GBEaU+lFAEnPbJsP8ep81o4LbXjEvClQDj4d/UZeYSdKumEov83qpF+LFMor8jcxFwlH8c3FZaRla0RxA/poQSZGE/hP8F3IRTfdW8ygY2RZFdeD0= Received: by 10.114.124.1 with SMTP id w1mr1515722wac.1196348708054; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:05:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.167.11 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:05:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:35:07 +0530 From: NikhilS To: "Joshua D. Drake" Subject: Re: [DOCS] Partition: use triggers instead of rules Cc: "Tom Lane" , "David Fetter" , "Jonah H. Harris" , "PostgreSQL Docs" , "PostgreSQL Patches" In-Reply-To: <20071128224154.06f950c9@commandprompt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_9205_30935487.1196348708053" References: <20071128202615.GG24146@fetter.org> <21686.1196283184@sss.pgh.pa.us> <36e682920711281858x9a37039sa104036bf025de41@mail.gmail.com> <20071129031702.GU24146@fetter.org> <2854.1196315753@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20071128224154.06f950c9@commandprompt.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/283 X-Sequence-Number: 4524 ------=_Part_9205_30935487.1196348708053 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline > > > The argument I made for keeping the example around is not dependent on > > the assumption that using a rule is a good idea. It's dependent on > > the established fact that we have recommended that in prior releases, > > and therefore people are going to be seeing that construct in real > > databases. > > And they could refer back to the older version of the documentation for > it. In fact, we should mention that in the patch: > > If you have a partitioning setup that uses rules please > refer to the 8.2 documentation on partitioning > +1 Regards, Nikhils -- EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ------=_Part_9205_30935487.1196348708053 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
> The argument I made for keeping the example around is not dependent on
> the assumption that using a rule is a good idea.  It's dependent on
> the established fact that we have recommended that in prior releases,
> and therefore people are going to be seeing that construct in real
> databases.

And they could refer back to the older version of the documentation for
it. In fact, we should mention that in the patch:

<note><para>If you have a partitioning setup that uses rules please
refer to the 8.2 documentation on partitioning</para></note>

+1

Regards,
Nikhils
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