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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Msg-id 497F29AE.5050206@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules Bernd Helmle  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> 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.
>>     
>
> Can you flesh out the scenario you're concerned about a bit more?
>
>
>   

See Tom's response to Peter nearby.

cheers

andrew


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