Re: Rules: A Modest Proposal

Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> Could this be done with a trigger? Yes, but on the plus rules side:
>
> * It's faster
> * It's easier to write
> * It's immediately viewable as to what is going on with a \d mytable
> * Dropping it won't leave an unused function around
> * We can still do ALTER TABLE DISABLE TRIGGER ALL
>
> I can give more examples, if you like, but removing a major feature of
> Postgres with no real justificatgion seems a bit hasty, to say the least.

Agreed, here is another rules example that logs table changes to a log
table:

http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/books/aw_pgsql/node124.html

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