| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jaime Casanova <systemguards(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: updatable views and default values |
| Date: | 2006-09-05 21:41:23 |
| Message-ID: | 20060905214123.GK13254@fetter.org |
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On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 06:22:49PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 06:29:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > For backwards compatibility we should probably say that this
> > automatic lifting of base-table defaults happens only if the
> > INSERT rule is implicitly generated ... if you write a manual
> > INSERT rule you need manual defaults too. Or should "propagate
> > default values" become an explicit attribute of ON INSERT rules?
>
> ISTM that least surprise dictates that inserting into a view uses
> the base table default unless you specifically override them.
+1 :)
Cheers,
D
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