Re: Rules: A Modest Proposal

Robert Haas escribió:

> > While I don't agree with David Fetter's premise, I think rehashing how
> > we handle VIEWs would be a good step towards updatable views.  Right
> > now, the implementation of that is stalled precisely because of the rule
> > system.
> 
> This is the last I remember hearing of it, which seems to suggest that
> only a week's worth of work (maybe a bit more for those of us who are
> not Tom Lane) is needed:

Right, that's exactly what I meant.  Note that a week's worth of Tom
work in that area is probably measured in months for anybody else ("a
bit more" in your words), and this fits my definition of "rehashing view
handling".

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