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* question on rules
@ 2003-06-13 01:26 weigelt@metux.de
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From: weigelt@metux.de @ 2003-06-13 01:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
hi folks,
i'd like to write an rule which fills out some empty attrs on
insert (w/ data from other given attrs).
the table structure is:
CREATE TABLE foo (start date, duration integer, endtime date);
and the rule is:
CREATE RULE foo1 AS ON INSERT TO foo WHERE new.endtime = NULL DO
INSERT INTO foo SELECT new.start, new.duration, new.start + new.duration;
when i try to insert some data (INSERT INTO foo SELECT '2003-01-01', '12';)
i get the error: query rewritten 10 times, may contain cycles.
how can i avoid this loop ?
cu
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* Re: question on rules
@ 2003-06-13 01:57 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
parent: weigelt@metux.de
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From: Tom Lane @ 2003-06-13 01:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: weigelt@metux.de; +Cc: pgsql-sql
weigelt@metux.de writes:
> i'd like to write an rule which fills out some empty attrs on
> insert (w/ data from other given attrs).
You'd be better off doing this with a BEFORE INSERT trigger.
regards, tom lane
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* Re: question on rules
@ 2003-06-13 06:00 Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@bt.jordan.pl>
parent: weigelt@metux.de
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From: Tomasz Myrta @ 2003-06-13 06:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: weigelt@metux.de; +Cc: pgsql-sql
Dnia 2003-06-13 03:26, Uz.ytkownik weigelt@metux.de napisa?:
> hi folks,
>
> i'd like to write an rule which fills out some empty attrs on
> insert (w/ data from other given attrs).
>
> the table structure is:
> CREATE TABLE foo (start date, duration integer, endtime date);
>
> and the rule is:
> CREATE RULE foo1 AS ON INSERT TO foo WHERE new.endtime = NULL DO
> INSERT INTO foo SELECT new.start, new.duration, new.start + new.duration;
>
> when i try to insert some data (INSERT INTO foo SELECT '2003-01-01', '12';)
> i get the error: query rewritten 10 times, may contain cycles.
>
> how can i avoid this loop ?
For this case creating trigger would be much better than rule.
I think, you can't use rules this way.
Regards,
Tomasz Myrta
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* Re: question on rules
@ 2003-06-13 16:30 Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
parent: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Jan Wieck @ 2003-06-13 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
Tom Lane wrote:
> weigelt@metux.de writes:
>> i'd like to write an rule which fills out some empty attrs on
>> insert (w/ data from other given attrs).
>
> You'd be better off doing this with a BEFORE INSERT trigger.
The only way to do it with rules would be to create a view over the
basetable, create an insert rule over the view and then have the
application doing the insert into the view instead. So "better" could be
considered an understatement :-)
Jan
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