Thread: PostgreSQL Reference Guide
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
>> Seems that rules doesn't work.
>> There is an example how to create a rule to update a view on "man create view"
>> --Specify deletion semantics for toyemp
>> create rule example1 as
>> on delete to toyemp
>> do instead delete emp
>> where emp.oid = current.oid
>>
>> Should I document CREATE RULE or ...?
>How about posting a question to the docs list _and_ to the hackers list
>saying you are writing docs on CREATE RULE and asking for a working
>example. There are one or two people who have been working on this
>recently, and they should be able to help.
You are rigth. Please there's somebody that can HELPPPPPPPPPPP me ???
>> - Do you know what kind of privilege one may have on indexes or sequences ?
>Indices - none, since they are just optimizations for tables.
>Sequences - not sure. Ask on the lists?
>> btw, how is it going?
>>
>> - Very well. We have already the following 12 pages:
>Great! Are you writing with the SGML markup, or are we adding that
>later?
For now I'm writing it in text mode, later I, or someone else can convert
it to SGML. What do you think about ?
>> I have a few questions about some statements:
>>
>> * ABORT is the same as COMMIT.
>> * END is the same as ROLLBACK.
>No, the opposite:
>ABORT == ROLLBACK
>END == COMMIT
Yes. I know.
>> I suppose that ABORT and END are both deprecated feature and I'm thinking
>> to skip this pages.
>Hmmm. It does raise the question: where should they go? I'm guessing
>that they are holdovers from the PostQuel language, but don't know for
>sure. We should either document them or remove them from the parser.
>How about writing a doc page for them, but basically _only_ show syntax
>and then say that they are equivalent to, for example, ROLLBACK, and
>refer to that doc for more info?
- Tom
> >Hmmm. It does raise the question: where should they go? I'm guessing > >that they are holdovers from the PostQuel language, but don't know for > >sure. We should either document them or remove them from the parser. > > >How about writing a doc page for them, but basically _only_ show syntax > >and then say that they are equivalent to, for example, ROLLBACK, and > >refer to that doc for more info? I have changed all the references to the 'end' manual page to 'commit', but left the 'end' manual page. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >Hmmm. It does raise the question: where should they go? I'm guessing
> > >that they are holdovers from the PostQuel language, but don't know for
> > >sure. We should either document them or remove them from the parser.
> >
> > >How about writing a doc page for them, but basically _only_ show syntax
> > >and then say that they are equivalent to, for example, ROLLBACK, and
> > >refer to that doc for more info?
>
> I have changed all the references to the 'end' manual page to 'commit',
> but left the 'end' manual page.
>
...and what about the non-standard ABORT statement this is also an alias
to ROLLBACK. Do we need it ?
Ciao, Jose'
> > I have changed all the references to the 'end' manual page to 'commit', > > but left the 'end' manual page. > > > ...and what about the non-standard ABORT statement this is also an alias > to ROLLBACK. Do we need it ? Done. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)