Re: Update rule on a view - what am I doing wrong

From: Jasen Betts <jasen(at)xnet(dot)co(dot)nz>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Update rule on a view - what am I doing wrong
Date: 2013-01-19 02:28:05
Message-ID: kdd0bl$t8f$1@gonzo.reversiblemaps.ath.cx
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On 2013-01-18, Leif Jensen <leif(at)crysberg(dot)dk> wrote:

> I have been fighting a problem with an update rule on a view. I
> have a view that combines two tables where the 'sub' table (scont) can
> have several rows per row in the 'top' table (icont). The view
> combines these to show only one record per row in the top table. To be
> able to update on this view I have created a rule 'on update'. The
> rule needs to have both UPDATE, DELETE, and INSERT commands. Is this
> not possible or am I doing something else wrong ?

when I hit that issue in 8.4 i used a plpgsql function

... do instead select update_rule_func(old,new);

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