Re: [HACKERS] Reference Guide

Started by Nonamealmost 28 years ago2 messages
#1Noname
dg@illustra.com

Hi all,

I'm writing Reference Manual pages and I have some questions about...

create rule:

The man page says ...

"The current rule system implementation is very brittle and
is unstable. Users are discouraged from using rules at
this time."

My question are:
Is this command a PostgreSQL deprecated feature ?
Sould I skip it ?
Does it works ?

The rule system is a key feature of PostgreSQL. It should not be deprecated,
if it doesn't work, it should be fixed.

-dg

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#2Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
In reply to: Noname (#1)

Hi all,

I'm writing Reference Manual pages and I have some questions about...

create rule:

The man page says ...

"The current rule system implementation is very brittle and
is unstable. Users are discouraged from using rules at
this time."

My question are:
Is this command a PostgreSQL deprecated feature ?
Sould I skip it ?
Does it works ?

The rule system is a key feature of PostgreSQL. It should not be deprecated,
if it doesn't work, it should be fixed.

It does work, but has some limitations in using rules for
UPDATE/DELETE/INSERT. We need to prevent the ones that are problems. I
am removing the warning from the manual page.

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