From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>
Cc: elein <elein@varlena.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Adding MERGE to the TODO list (resend with subject)
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:44:26 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200405111344.i4BDiQj06463@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> Bruce Momjian kirjutas T, 11.05.2004 kell 00:26:
> > Hannu Krosing wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian kirjutas E, 10.05.2004 kell 06:58:
> > > > Added to TODO:
> > > >
> > > > * Add MERGE command that does UPDATE, or on failure, INSERT
> > >
> > > perhaps the issue raised about BEFOR/AFTER INSERT/UPDATE TRIGGERS and
> > > RULES should get a mention in the TODO (... needs to be discussed, or
> > > somesuch ...)
> >
> > Uh, what was the issue there?
>
> I think it is not well defined, which triggers should be run. For
> example, should BEFORE UPDATE trigger be run and should INSERT be done
> if BEFORE UPDATE forbids UPDATE.
>
> Also how should the rule system act - should there be separate rules for
> MERGE, or/and should MERGE be expanded by both UPDATE and INSERT rules.
OK, I added information to TODO questioning how to handle rules and
triggers.
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