Re: [SQL] Execute SQL statements with 'context'/predefined variables

2007-09-03 Thread chester c young
... > When you say use rules to inject constants, how would I go about > doing this? Could you maybe give a brief example? create view tab1_dml as select * from tab1; -- note: -- CONSTANT1 = 8 -- CONSTANT2 = 15 create or replace rule tab1_insert as on insert to tab1_dml do instead( ins

Re: [SQL] Execute SQL statements with 'context'/predefined variables

2007-09-03 Thread chester c young
> I was wondering if it is possible to set the 'context' for running an > sql command Oracle has a Context('varname') that returns the value of varname for the session. to best of my knowledge pg has nothing like this. > I guess bottom line, is it possible to execute a bunch of SQL > statements

[SQL] Execute SQL statements with 'context'/predefined variables

2007-09-03 Thread blay bloo
I was wondering if it is possible to set the 'context' for running an sql command: For example, say you have a rule which upon update to table TEST of type [a int, b varchar(10), c varchar(50)]: INSERT INTO Log(a * 5, substring(b,0,2), randomize(c)) So an update of (5, 'hello', 'world') will add