Re: simple trigger question ... - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Rod Taylor
Subject Re: simple trigger question ...
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Msg-id 1049380007.22629.14.camel@jester
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In response to Re: simple trigger question ...  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
Responses Re: simple trigger question ...  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
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> 'K, that makes it workable ... final question (I hope!) ... RULEs vs
> TRIGGERs?  I ended up doing it as a RULE, since I could do it without a
> function ... but is there a reason why that is a Bad Idea?  Or in a case
> like this, it doesn't really matter?

Rules are per statement, not per row.

An INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... statement will cause a single execution of
the rule even if you insert several hundred rows.

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Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>

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