Re: "ALSO" keyword to "CREATE RULE" patch

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "ALSO" keyword to "CREATE RULE" patch
Date: 2004-03-04 23:24:11
Message-ID: 4047BA9B.3010302@Yahoo.com
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> writes:
>> Most of the patch deals with the documentation, which is rather ugly
>> because it keeps telling about "INSTEAD" vs "non-INSTEAD" rules, as there
>> is no name for the default behavior. I think "ALSO" fixes this issue as it
>> clarifies the explanations.
>
> Hmm ... I find that argument much more convincing than any of the others
> ...
>
> Jan, what do you think? You invented this command's syntax IIRC.

I did not. We inherited it from Postgres 4.2. If people think an ALSO
keyword will clearify things, what about renaming the whole CREATE RULE
into something along the line CREATE QUERY REWRITE MACRO?

Jan

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