Re: rules

Hi,

Citing Jamie Deppeler <jamie(at)doitonce(dot)net(dot)au>:
> sample sql querty
>
> INSERT INTO schema.table2
> (
> "field1",
> "field2",
> "field3",
> "field4",
> "field5",
> "field6",
> "field7",
> "field8",
> "field9",
> )
> VALUES
> (
> SELECT
> table1."name",
> table1.notes,
> table1.hrs,
> table1.days,
> table3.value,
> table31.value,
> table4.ratename,
> table4.maxhrs,
> table4.appliesafter,
> table4.rate,
> table5.value,
> table5."name"
> FROM
> (inner joins)
> Where
> primary = number
> )
>
> which i would like to make into a rule if possible

First of all, you should fix your query. Problems I see:
- You're inserting more values than you specified fields.
- On postgresql you don't have to use the
insert into foo (...) values (select ...)
construct, you can instead say:
insert into foo (...) select ...
For the rule stuff:
- do you want it to happen on update, on delete or on insert? You should
be clear about that.

You might want to read Bruce Momjian's book "PostgreSQL - Introduction
and Concepts" (available in your book store or on the web - I leave it
up to you to google it up or to order it). It's a really fine book for
beginners and helped me a lot to learn how to write rules and do other
stuff with postgresql.

Regards,
Daniel