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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2012-12-02 16:17:53 -0500
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2012-12-02 16:18:18 -0500
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Recommend triggers, not rules, in the CREATE VIEW reference page.
We've generally recommended use of INSTEAD triggers over rules since that feature was added; but this old text in the CREATE VIEW reference page didn't get the memo. Noted by Thomas Kellerer.
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@@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] [ TEMP | TEMPORARY ] VIEW <replaceable class="PARAMETER">n
<para>
Currently, views are read only: the system will not allow an insert,
update, or delete on a view. You can get the effect of an updatable
- view by creating rules that rewrite inserts, etc. on the view into
+ view by creating <literal>INSTEAD</> triggers on the view, which
+ must convert attempted inserts, etc. on the view into
appropriate actions on other tables. For more information see
- <xref linkend="sql-createrule">.
+ <xref linkend="sql-createtrigger">. Another possibility is to create
+ rules (see <xref linkend="sql-createrule">), but in practice triggers
+ are easier to understand and use correctly.
</para>
<para>