> >Technically, you can also set up a rule to do things on a select with DO > >ALSO. However putting update statements in there would be considered (at > >least by me) very bad form. Note that this is not a trigger because it > >does not operate at the row level [I know you knew that already :-)]. > > > > > > > Unfortunately, you can't. Select operations only allow a single rule, > and it must be a DO INSTEAD rule, unless this has changed in 8.0 and I > missed it in the docs. However, you can do this in a view by calling a > function either in the row definition or in the where clause.
You're right...forgot about that. Heh, the do instead rule could be a set returning function which could (besides returning the set) do almost anything! So in theory it makes no difference...diclaimer: never tried doing this! Merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
