Re: Is it possible to redirect an update/insert/delete to a different table?

Andy Ballingall <andy(at)areyoulocal(dot)co(dot)uk> schrieb:

> Hi Andreas,
>
> The rule you've given only works for an update which changes the name.
>
> If I do another update which changed the colour instead of the name, that
> rule wouldn't do the right thing.

Right.

> Instead, I'm looking for something which, with a single 'rule' (or whatever
> the mechanism ends up being), intercepts *any* update on apples, and applies
> the changes to the pears table instead, as if the only change that occurred
> was a change of table name.

My example was simple, right.

> I can achieve this in the application which generates the sql commands, but
> someone else suggested it was possible with rules, but it may not be the
> case.

Inside the rule you have the NEW-Variable with all values to update.
Read my other answer.
I'm not sure, perhaps it is possible to write a more generic rule.

>
> -----Original Message-----

Please, no top-posting with silly fullquote below.

HTH, Andreas
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