Re: Rules/Triggers executio order

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:42:21PM -0600, Benjamin Krajmalnik wrote:
> I have a partitioned table to which I route data using a trigger.
> I am changing it to use a set of rules which executes "INSTEAD" on
> insert.
> The parent table currently has a trigger.
>
> The system is a live system. I would prefer to not have to suspend the
> data flow.
> If I create the rules, and given the fact that they execute "INSTEAD" of
> the insertion into the parent table, will the trigger still execute.
> I will be removing the trigger immediately after the creation of the
> rules, but just want to be safe and make sure I get no duplicate
> entries.

An INSTEAD OF rule replaces the query that you originally had with the
one re-written by the rule, so no, the triggers shouldn't fire. But you
should test to make sure.
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