Re: Rules

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Albert Bartoszko <albertb(at)nt(dot)kegel(dot)com(dot)pl>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Rules
Date: 2001-11-29 19:29:02
Message-ID: 21041.1007062142@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> For 7.3, we should either fix psql or remove the option to use square
>> brackets in rule action lists. Comments anyone?

> I'd certainly be for removing this since no one could ever really have
> used this, but this feature seems so unusual, perhaps there was a reason
> for it?

My guess is that the syntax predates psql, or at least predates psql's
current ideas about splitting up queries. It's possible that someone
out there is entering square-bracket-delimited rule lists via a non-psql
interface, but I doubt it. I'd vote for elimination of the syntax,
I think.

regards, tom lane

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