On 5/11/05, Juan Pablo Espino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I have been studying the rule system in Postgres. I understand that
> the original query tree is the input at the rewrite, and then this
> query tree is modified by the rewrite in case that there is a rule.
>
> SQL query ----> Parser ----> Rewrite ----> Planner ----> Executor
> ^^^^ ^^^^
> Query New Query
> tree tree
>
> I would like to know how the rewrite detects that a rule in a table
> exists, and if it possible you indicate me where in the source code
> it's implemented. Any comments are welcome, thanks in advance.
>
src/backend/rewrite/*.c The entry point i think is rewriteHandler.c
IIRC, there is a catalog that is used to know if there are any rules
for a table i think it is pg_rewrite, but i can be wrong.
--
Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)
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