Re: postgresql documentation iimprovements - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Shridhar Daithankar
Subject Re: postgresql documentation iimprovements
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Msg-id 3E007487.18841.3D677B8@localhost
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In response to Re: postgresql documentation iimprovements  (Scott Lamb <slamb@slamb.org>)
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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.

Pretty big difference IMO..

Bye
 Shridhar

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