On 11 October 2012 20:50, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: >> Not many RULE-lovers out there, once you've tried to use them. >> Allowing RULEs complicates various things and can make security more >> difficult. > >> For 9.3, I suggest we create a DDL trigger by default which prevents >> RULEs and throws an ERROR that explains they are now deprecated. > > This is utter nonsense. We can't deprecate them until we have a > substitute that is better.
We do, they're called views and triggers, both of which are SQL Standard. > If you want to get rid of rules, build the > replacement; don't just try to be a pain in the ass to users. Supporting broken and non-standard features *is* a pain in the ass to users, since they are sometimes persuaded to use them and then regret it. Or if they do, hit later problems. You recently rejected a partitioning related patch because it used rules... Anyway, lets start with a discussion of what rules give us that SQL standard features do not? -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
