on the link:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/rules-update.html
you will notice that from items are repeated. Is this correct?
...
FROM shoelace_arrive shoelace_arrive, shoelace_ok shoelace_ok,
shoelace_ok *OLD*, shoelace_ok *NEW*,
shoelace shoelace, shoelace *OLD*,
shoelace *NEW*, shoelace_data shoelace_data
...
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.