> As an implementation issue, I wonder why these things are hacking
> permanent on-disk data structures anyway, when what is wanted is only a
> temporary suspension of triggers/rules within a single backend. Some
> kind of superuser-only SET variable might be a better idea. It'd not be
> hard to implement, and it'd be much safer to use since failures wouldn't
> leave you with bogus catalog contents.
I believe oracle and mssql have ALTER TABLE/DISABLE TRIGGER style
statements...
Chris
