From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: "ALSO" keyword to "CREATE RULE" patch |
Date: | 2004-03-04 14:52:56 |
Message-ID: | 200403041452.i24Equw00423@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> writes:
> > Most of the patch deals with the documentation, which is rather ugly
> > because it keeps telling about "INSTEAD" vs "non-INSTEAD" rules, as there
> > is no name for the default behavior. I think "ALSO" fixes this issue as it
> > clarifies the explanations.
>
> Hmm ... I find that argument much more convincing than any of the others
> ...
>
> Jan, what do you think? You invented this command's syntax IIRC.
I thought the syntax came from Berkeley. We can add ALSO if folks like
it. I can't think of cases where we have keywords for both on and off
behavior, and allow a default if the keyword is missing.
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