Re: "ALSO" keyword to "CREATE RULE" patch

Jan Wieck wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> writes:
> >> Most of the patch deals with the documentation, which is rather ugly
> >> because it keeps telling about "INSTEAD" vs "non-INSTEAD" rules, as there
> >> is no name for the default behavior. I think "ALSO" fixes this issue as it
> >> clarifies the explanations.
> >
> > Hmm ... I find that argument much more convincing than any of the others
> > ...
> >
> > Jan, what do you think?  You invented this command's syntax IIRC.
>
> I did not. We inherited it from Postgres 4.2. If people think an ALSO
> keyword will clearify things, what about renaming the whole CREATE RULE
> into something along the line CREATE QUERY REWRITE MACRO?

Are you saying you don't want ALSO added?

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