Re: sql DO in rule 9.0rc1 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: sql DO in rule 9.0rc1
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Msg-id 1284140657.5188.2.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com
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In response to Re: sql DO in rule 9.0rc1  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: sql DO in rule 9.0rc1  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 13:39 -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:

> IDK...functions do everything 'DO' does, and support returning data,
> which is necessary to support RETURNING.  Rules are already fairly
> capricious and problematic and I doubt any proposal that doesn't fix
> or work around their basic flaws will get much traction.

Not to mention there have been talks of ripping them out all together.

JD


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