| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jean-Luc Lachance <jllachan(at)nsd(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Rules/Trigges Trade-offs |
| Date: | 2002-12-06 16:34:37 |
| Message-ID: | 200212061634.gB6GYbt02565@candle.pha.pa.us |
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My book has a section on that:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html
Triggers are mostly for testing/modifying the row being
inserted/updated, while rules are better for affecting other rows or
other tables.
Jean-Luc Lachance wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Is there a guideline on the use of rules compared to triggers when both
> can be use to achieve the same result?
>
> JLL
>
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