Re: postgresql documentation iimprovements - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Scott Lamb
Subject Re: postgresql documentation iimprovements
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Msg-id 3E00283B.2020003@slamb.org
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In response to Re: postgresql documentation iimprovements  ("Shridhar Daithankar" <shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in>)
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Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> On 18 Dec 2002 at 1:36, Scott Lamb wrote:
>
>>I think Oracle's triggers just encompass everything PostgreSQL's rules
>>do, but I've never dug into the docs enough to really understand the
>>trigger/rule distinction. And it's late and I'm tired, so
>><http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?rules-triggers.html> doesn't
>>make sense to me.
>
> AFAIK, create rules runs actions instead of specified actions. Triggers run
> actions along with specified action.

Okay, yeah, that's an "instead of" trigger with Oracle.

Thanks,
Scott


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