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

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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:55:53 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:58:26PM -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> >> On Nov 28, 2007 3:53 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >>> Entirely removing the example of how to do it with rules doesn't
> >>> seem like a good idea.
> >>
> >> Agreed.
>
> > Do you have an example of one use case where using RULEs rather than
> > TRIGGERs is a good idea?
>
> 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 an partitioning setup that uses rules please
refer to the 8.2 documentation on partitioning</para></note>

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
> regards, tom lane
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