Re: merge command - GSoC progress

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Boxuan Zhai <bxzhai2010@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-08-04T15:26:30Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 15:36 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 17:23 +0800, Boxuan Zhai wrote:
> > Dear Robert,
> >  
> > I am just considering that there may be some logical mistakes for my
> > rule rewriting strategy of MERGE actions. 
> >  
> > In my current design, if we find that an action type, say UPDATE, is
> > replaced by INSTEAD rules, we will remove all the actions of this type
> > from the MERGE command, as if they are not be specified by user from
> > the beginning. See the test example in my pages for this situation.
> > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/MergeTestExamples#With_INSTEAD_rules
> 
> It seems sensible to use the test files that I wrote for MERGE in 2008,
> published to -hackers at that time.

Even more sensible for me to include it as a patch, with the files in
the right places and the schedules updated.

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