Thread: rule's and trigger's

rule's and trigger's

From
"J. Roeleveld"
Date:
Hi,
 
I was wondering if anyone knows what's being executed first,
a Rule on a view, or a trigger set to 'before <something>' on a view?
 
Eg. what's executed first? The RULE, or the TRIGGER?
 
Joost Roeleveld
 
ps. I hope I'm making sense.....

Re: [GENERAL] rule's and trigger's

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
On 1999-11-25, J. Roeleveld mentioned:

> I was wondering if anyone knows what's being executed first,
> a Rule on a view, or a trigger set to 'before <something>' on a view?
>
> Eg. what's executed first? The RULE, or the TRIGGER?

The rules are done first. The reason is that the rules actually modify the
query before it gets to execution. In case of a view, a trigger would then
act on the query to the base table. Thus a trigger on a view might not
make too much sense.

See also the relevant chapters (39 & 41) in the Programmer's Guide.

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