Hi,
I'm taking a first foray into writing rules, and am struggling with one
for a view that has a left joined table:
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CREATE TABLE shoes (sh_id serial PRIMARY KEY,sh_name text,sh_avail integer
);
CREATE TABLE shoelaces (sl_id serial PRIMARY KEY,sh_id integer REFERENCES shoes,sl_name text
);
INSERT INTO shoes (sh_name, sh_avail) VALUES ('sh1', 2);
INSERT INTO shoes (sh_name, sh_avail) VALUES ('sh2', 0);
INSERT INTO shoes (sh_name, sh_avail) VALUES ('sh3', 4);
INSERT INTO shoes (sh_name, sh_avail) VALUES ('sh4', 3);
INSERT INTO shoelaces (sh_id, sl_name) VALUES (1, 'sl1');
INSERT INTO shoelaces (sh_id, sl_name) VALUES (3, 'sl2');
SELECT * FROM shoes;sh_id | sh_name | sh_avail
-------+---------+---------- 1 | sh1 | 2 2 | sh2 | 0 3 | sh3 | 4 4 | sh4
| 3
SELECT * FROM shoelaces;sl_id | sh_id | sl_name
-------+-------+--------- 1 | 1 | sl1 2 | 3 | sl2
-- We create a view that could be used to easily insert data into
-- shoelaces table:
CREATE VIEW shoe AS
SELECT sh.sh_id, sh_name, sh_avail, sl_name
FROM shoes sh LEFT JOIN shoelaces sl USING (sh_id);
SELECT * FROM shoe;sh_id | sh_name | sh_avail | sl_name
-------+---------+----------+--------- 1 | sh1 | 2 | sl1 2 | sh2 | 0 | 3 | sh3 |
4 | sl2 4 | sh4 | 3 |
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Say I want to update this view like:
UPDATE shoe SET sl_name = 'sl3' WHERE sh_id = 2;
The right (well, to me) thing to do would be to insert a row in
shoelaces like this:
INSERT INTO shoelaces (sh_id, sl_name) VALUES (2, 'sl3');
Of course, if the update involves a row that is already available from
shoelaces, it would be an update on at least one of the tables, rather
than an insert on shoelaces. I'm not sure how a rule to do this would
look like, so any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks.
--
Seb
