Re: Updatable view and default sequence values - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: Updatable view and default sequence values
Date
Msg-id 20060522165026.GV64371@pervasive.com
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In response to Updatable view and default sequence values  (Kouber Saparev <postgres@saparev.com>)
Responses Re: Updatable view and default sequence values
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On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 04:16:55PM +0300, Kouber Saparev wrote:
> The tricky part comes when I try to make my view insertable. Normally
> I'd insert without specifying the sequence values, but in some cases I'd
> want also to have full control of what's going into the underlying
> tables. The thing is that when I try to do it the simple way by
> specifying default values in the view itself:
>
> ALTER TABLE s_purchase ALTER COLUMN purchase_sid SET DEFAULT
> NEXTVAL('purchase_purchase_sid_seq');
> ALTER TABLE s_purchase ALTER COLUMN subscription_purchase_sid SET
> DEFAULT NEXTVAL('subscription_purchase_subscription_purchase_sid_seq');

You're doing ALTER TABLE on a view?

> CREATE RULE s_purchase_insert AS
>   ON INSERT TO s_purchase DO INSTEAD (
>     INSERT INTO purchase
>       (purchase_sid, data)
>     VALUES
>       (NEW.purchase_sid, NEW.pdata);
>
>     INSERT INTO subscription_purchase
>       (subscription_purchase_sid, purchase_sid, data)
>     VALUES
>       (NEW.subscription_purchase_sid, NEW.purchase_sid, NEW.sdata);
> );

Why not just use CURRVAL('purchase_purchase_sid_seq') in the rule?
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