Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules Bernd Helmle - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules Bernd Helmle
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules Bernd Helmle  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules Bernd Helmle  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas wrote:
> Do we REALLY think there are people out there who are writing INSERT
> or UPDATE actions on views on which they haven't installed rules and
> counting on the fact that those operations fail for correctness?
>
> Personally, I usually write my code so it inserts into something that
> is, uh... insertable.
>
>
>   

Not everybody has control over what clients might try to do. This is a 
very legitimate concern, ISTM.

cheers

andrew


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