On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 11:28:13AM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Dan Colish wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 09:50:18AM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 18:24 -0700, Dan Colish wrote:
>
> > > > You can definitely create updatable views using rules.
> > >
> > > Sure you can, but they won't work in various significant corner cases.
> > >
> > > Search the archives for "updatable views" for details.
> >
> > I don't even want updatable views!
>
> Why would you argue that point? They are specified in the SQL standard
> somewhere.
>
I do not really think updatable views are needed. Maybe when the standard was
written things are different; I guess you're talking about 2003. Just because
something is in a standard, doesnt mean it has to be implemented. As long as you
don't implement something outside of the standard, I do not have an issue.
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--Dan
