Re: BUG #4808: Rules on system catalogs are allowed but not executed.

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Ian Turner <ian(dot)turner(at)deshaw(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4808: Rules on system catalogs are allowed but not executed.
Date: 2009-05-13 14:44:58
Message-ID: 937d27e10905130744k7c12104h14611ad0e4017544@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> "Ian Turner" <ian(dot)turner(at)deshaw(dot)com> writes:
>> It appears that (unlike with triggers), PostgreSQL will accept the creation
>> of rules on system catalogs, but these rules are not actually executed.
>
> They're not honored by internal catalog updates, no.

Shouldn't their creation be prevented in the first place, like triggers?

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Dave Page
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