Re: Deprecating RULES

From: Peter Geoghegan <peter(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Daniel Farina <daniel(at)heroku(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Deprecating RULES
Date: 2012-10-19 21:22:11
Message-ID: CAEYLb_W-gveGKu3Rw1RgfyKTE5kwx7oVSpmpmFB8Wj3+N77QVg@mail.gmail.com
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On 19 October 2012 22:03, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Unless the easiest way to implement MERGE is to extend RULEs.

FWIW, I'd say that's probably about the hardest possible way to
implement MERGE, assuming that we prioritise providing robust UPSERT
support, as I strongly feel we should.

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Peter Geoghegan http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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