Re: Deprecating RULES - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: Deprecating RULES
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In response to Re: Deprecating RULES  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Deprecating RULES  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 12 October 2012 20:01, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> We know that rules are a bad fit for
> almost everything, *but we can't assume that our users all know that
> when it isn't even documented*.

I agree that we should document that rules are something that should
almost certainly be avoided. Up until recently, the advice surrounding
commit_delay in the docs said something practically indistinguishable
from "you don't want to use this". Why not do the same for rules?

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Peter Geoghegan       http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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