Re: [GENERAL] Rule or Function and Trigger?

2009-04-04 Thread Giorgio Valoti
Il giorno 03/apr/09, alle ore 16:58, Tom Lane ha scritto: James B. Byrne byrn...@harte-lyne.ca writes: I am beginning to migrate some functionality from an application prototype into the DBMS. One of these elements is time stamping row insertions and updates. I have been reading about

[GENERAL] Rule or Function and Trigger?

2009-04-03 Thread James B. Byrne
I am beginning to migrate some functionality from an application prototype into the DBMS. One of these elements is time stamping row insertions and updates. I have been reading about rules, functions and triggers in regards to this issue. So, of course, now I have myself completely befuddled.

Re: [GENERAL] Rule or Function and Trigger?

2009-04-03 Thread Tom Lane
James B. Byrne byrn...@harte-lyne.ca writes: I am beginning to migrate some functionality from an application prototype into the DBMS. One of these elements is time stamping row insertions and updates. I have been reading about rules, functions and triggers in regards to this issue. So, of