Re: [DOCS] Partition: use triggers instead of rules

From: "Usama Dar" <munir(dot)usama(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Michael Paesold" <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>
Cc: NikhilS <nikkhils(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "David Fetter" <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, "PostgreSQL Docs" <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "PostgreSQL Patches" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Partition: use triggers instead of rules
Date: 2007-11-29 15:48:33
Message-ID: ff0e67090711290748tcae3037lb3aac4eb5423c6df@mail.gmail.com
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i would say have both, but just mention that for performance reasons its
better to use triggers.

On Nov 29, 2007 8:29 PM, Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at> wrote:

> NikhilS wrote:
> >> The argument I made for keeping the example around is not
> > dependent on
> >> the assumption that using a rule is a good idea. It's dependent on
> >> the established fact that we have recommended that in prior
> >> releases, and therefore people are going to be seeing that
> >> construct in real databases.
> >
> > And they could refer back to the older version of the documentation
> > for it. In fact, we should mention that in the patch:
> >
> > <note><para>If you have a partitioning setup that uses rules please
> > refer to the 8.2 documentation on partitioning</para></note>
> >
> > +1
>
> I would also add another sentence about *why* the recommendation was
> changed. We have one rule-based setup here, and it has been working
> flawlessly for us,... so personally I don't even know the reasons.
>
> Best Regards
> Michael Paesold
>
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