Re: [HACKERS] Reference Guide

>
> > 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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