From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
Cc: KeithW@narrowpathinc.com
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: UPDATE TRIGGER on view WAS: Re: Relation in tables
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:39:54 -0500
Message-ID: <28633.1108589994@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com> writes:
> You can create an ON UPDATE/INSERT trigger on a view which intercepts the
> UPDATE/INSERT to the view (which would otherwise fail) and do whatever you
> want with it, including doing the operation on the real table.
This might work for INSERT but I really doubt it'll work for UPDATE or
DELETE.
You may be able to make it work with rules, though there are lots of
pitfalls in that approach.
regards, tom lane
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