On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 07:14:49PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> CREATE VIEW who AS
> SELECT * from _who;
>
> CREATE RULE
> who_insert
> AS ON
> INSERT TO who
> DO INSTEAD
> INSERT INTO "_who" (
> login,
> "password",
> hint,
> name,
> email,
> editor,
> status,
> modified,
> created,
> id
> ) VALUES (
> NEW.login,
> NEW."password",
> NEW.hint,
> NEW.name,
> NEW.email,
> NEW.editor,
> 'U'::bpchar, -- uncertain until confirmed
> "timestamp"('now'::text), -- last mod
> "timestamp"('now'::text), -- created now
> nextval('_who_id_seq'::text)
> );
> -- all non-mentioned fields from _who are silently
> -- ignored (and dropped).
now that i think about it...
is it possible to have a rule DO INSTEAD more-than-one-thing?
create rule split_it as
on insert to someview
do instead
insert into tableone ....
then
intert into tabletwo ....
then
insert into tablethree ...
then
update someothertable ...
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