On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > Curt Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > CREATE VIEW test AS ... > > CREATE RULE test_insert AS > > ON INSERT TO test > > DO ... > > INSERT INTO test VALUES (1, 'one', 'onemore'); > > ERROR: Cannot insert into a view without an appropriate rule > > > What am I doing wrong here? Is there a bug? > > Make that "ON INSERT DO INSTEAD". As coded, the rule leaves the > original insertion into the view still active.
Ah, I see! My model of how this was working was wrong. > Perhaps the error message could be phrased better --- any thoughts? Maybe a message that says something along the lines of "cannot insert into views; you need to override this behaviour with a rule"? Also, some examples in the manual would be helpful. cjs -- Curt Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +81 90 7737 2974 http://www.netbsd.org Don't you know, in this new Dark Age, we're all light. --XTC ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
