Re: [HACKERS] INSERT INTO view means what exactly?

Does anyone know a cause for this?

> With current sources:
>
> regression=> CREATE TABLE x (y text);
> CREATE
> regression=> CREATE VIEW z AS select * from x;
> CREATE
> regression=> INSERT INTO x VALUES ('foo');
> INSERT 411635 1
> regression=> INSERT INTO z VALUES ('bar');
> INSERT 411636 1
> regression=> select * from x;
> y
> ---
> foo
> (1 row)
>
> regression=> select * from z;
> y
> ---
> foo
> (1 row)
>
> OK, where'd tuple 411636 go? Seems to me that the insert should either
> have been rejected or caused an insert into x, depending on how
> transparent you think views are (I always thought they were
> read-only?). Dropping the data into never-never land and giving a
> misleading success response code is not my idea of proper behavior.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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