rules or trigers?

Simple example to make things clearer.
CREATE TABLE tab (id INT SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, sth TEXT); --main table
CREATE TABLE log_tab(id INT, sth TEXT);    --table to maintain logs in it

CREATE RULE tab_log_ins AS ON INSERT TO tab DO
        INSERT INTO log_tab  VALUES (new.id, new.sth);

INSERT INTO tab (sth) VALUES ('something');
when I insert new raw in tab, id field differs (rises by one) from id in
log_tab, how can i avoid it?

CREATE RULE tab_log_upd AS ON UPDATE TO tab DO
        INSERT INTO log_tab  VALUES (new.id, new.sth);

it happens nothing when I update one of field in tab. The same happens
with ON DELETE RULE.
Am I missing something or it's not yet implemented?

Do You think I should use triggers to log information about changing data?


btw. Did You know there will be conference about postgresql in Poland?
        Anyone going to be there?:)

Marcin Mazurek

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