Re: Rules: A Modest Proposal

On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 11:42:45AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > There are already patches to deal with the first, at least for the
> > kinds of VIEWs where this can be deduced automatically, and people
> > are starting to take on the second.
> 
> How would we deal with VIEWs which weren't simple enough for
> automated updating, then?

View triggers, as proposed.

> I don't think that removing a major feature, one which some users
> have written applications around, is even feasible.

*I've* written an application around them, and frankly, they are a
giant foot-gun in every case that's not already handle-able other
ways.

> What would be the benefit of this radical proposal?

The radical proposal was the RULE system.  It's been tested now, and
it's pretty much failed.

Cheers,
David.
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