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Hi all, I'm writing Reference Manual pages and I have some questions about... create rule: The man page says ... "The current rule system implementation is very brittle and is unstable. Users are discouraged from using rules at this time." My question are: Is this command a PostgreSQL deprecated feature ? Sould I skip it ? Does it works ? declare: DECLARE cursor [ BINARY ] FOR SELECT expression The man page says ... "BINARY cursors give you back the data in the native binary representation. Thus, binary cursors will tend to be a little faster since there's less overhead of conversion." My question is: I can't see any difference between BINARY and normal cursors. Does it works ? Thanks, Jose'
> Hi all, > > I'm writing Reference Manual pages and I have some questions about... > > create rule: > > The man page says ... > > "The current rule system implementation is very brittle and > is unstable. Users are discouraged from using rules at > this time." > > My question are: > Is this command a PostgreSQL deprecated feature ? > Sould I skip it ? > Does it works ? The rule system is a key feature of PostgreSQL. It should not be deprecated, if it doesn't work, it should be fixed. -dg David Gould dg@illustra.com 510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468 Informix Software (No, really) 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612 - Linux. Not because it is free. Because it is better.
> > > Hi all, > > > > I'm writing Reference Manual pages and I have some questions about... > > > > create rule: > > > > The man page says ... > > > > "The current rule system implementation is very brittle and > > is unstable. Users are discouraged from using rules at > > this time." > > > > My question are: > > Is this command a PostgreSQL deprecated feature ? > > Sould I skip it ? > > Does it works ? > > The rule system is a key feature of PostgreSQL. It should not be deprecated, > if it doesn't work, it should be fixed. It does work, but has some limitations in using rules for UPDATE/DELETE/INSERT. We need to prevent the ones that are problems. I am removing the warning from the 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)