Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes: > On 2015-04-01 12:46:05 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >> So, the idea is that INSTEAD OF would behave like BEFORE but the tuple >> it returns wouldn't actually be inserted? That wasn't clear to me >> from the OP, but I guess it would be a reasonable way to go.
> I'm not sure what the OP intended, but to me that's pretty much the only > reasonable definition of INSTEAD OF for tables that I can think of. If you have such a trigger, it's impossible to insert any rows, which means the table doesn't need storage, which means it may as well be a view, no? So this still seems to me like a wart not a useful feature. I think it would create confusion because a table with such a trigger would act so much unlike other tables. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers