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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Triggers for inserting on VIEWS
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 14:34:44 -0400
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Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> writes:
> at least with PostgreSQL 7.1 it was possible to create a trigger on a
> view.

Use a rule instead.  7.2 will reject an attempt to insert into a view
without a replacement rule, so a trigger would do you no good anyhow.
(I thought that behavior went back further than 7.2, actually.)

			regards, tom lane



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