Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-28 Thread Andres Freund
On 2015-08-28 10:20:58 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Seems reasonable. Maybe worth writing out the modern spelling a bit > further, "an ON SELECT DO INSTEAD SELECT rule", to make the parallel > to Retrieve-Instead-Retrieve perfectly clear. Makes sense. Pushed that way. Thanks -- Sent via pgsql-hac

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-28 Thread Tom Lane
Andres Freund writes: > On 2015-08-27 11:12:42 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> I think an explanation in fireRIRrules' header comment would be fine. > I was thinking of adding it to the file's header like > * NOTES > * Some of the terms used in this file are of historic nature: "retrieve" > *

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-28 Thread Andres Freund
On 2015-08-27 11:12:42 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Steve Crawford writes: > > Candidate for Appendix K? > > Meh ... it's not a user-visible notation, in fact it only appears in > rewriteHandler.c AFAICS. Agreed, I don't think we want to distribute that term any wider than that file. > I think an e

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread Tom Lane
Steve Crawford writes: > Candidate for Appendix K? Meh ... it's not a user-visible notation, in fact it only appears in rewriteHandler.c AFAICS. I think an explanation in fireRIRrules' header comment would be fine. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing l

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread Steve Crawford
Candidate for Appendix K? Cheers, Steve On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund writes: > > On 2015-08-27 09:43:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/3e887762.5b68f...@yahoo.com > > > Oops. I saw that message but thought, based on the subj

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread Andres Freund
On 2015-08-27 09:43:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund writes: > > I searched the current code, all diffs to the current code, and the > > mailing list, but still haven't got an actual clue what RIR is supposed > > to stand for. There's a few things that come to mind (Rewrite Instead > > Ru

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread Tom Lane
Andres Freund writes: > On 2015-08-27 09:43:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/3e887762.5b68f...@yahoo.com > Oops. I saw that message but thought, based on the subject, it'd a scam > mail... > Can we either add a comment to the effect of Jan's message, or just > re

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread Andres Freund
On 2015-08-27 15:13:52 +0200, Andres Freund wrote: > I searched the current code, all diffs to the current code, and the > mailing list, but still haven't got an actual clue what RIR is supposed > to stand for. There's a few things that come to mind (Rewrite Instead > Rule?), but none of them seem

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread Tom Lane
Andres Freund writes: > I searched the current code, all diffs to the current code, and the > mailing list, but still haven't got an actual clue what RIR is supposed > to stand for. There's a few things that come to mind (Rewrite Instead > Rule?), but none of them seem to make too much sense. htt

Re: [HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread David G. Johnston
Pure speculation but the word fire makes me think of triggers, not rule. Fire Referential Integrity Rules (Triggers)? David J. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > I searched the current code, all diffs to the current code, and the > mailing list, but still haven't g

[HACKERS] What does RIR as in fireRIRrules stand for?

2015-08-27 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, I searched the current code, all diffs to the current code, and the mailing list, but still haven't got an actual clue what RIR is supposed to stand for. There's a few things that come to mind (Rewrite Instead Rule?), but none of them seem to make too much sense. Greetings, Andres Freund -