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To: Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Rules and sequences 
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Comments: In-reply-to Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> writes:
> I am trying to implement a fairly standard 'audit table' setup, but
> using rules instead of triggers (since it should be more efficient).

Rules are sufficiently tricky that I would never, ever rely on them for
auditing.  Use a simple AFTER trigger instead.

			regards, tom lane