Re: [DOCS] Partition: use triggers instead of rules

Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>

From: Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>
To: NikhilS <nikkhils@gmail.com>
Cc: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, David Fetter <david@fetter.org>, "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
Date: 2007-11-29T15:29:38Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
NikhilS wrote:
>> The argument I made for keeping the example around is not
> dependent on
>> the assumption that using a rule is a good idea.  It's dependent on
>>  the established fact that we have recommended that in prior
>> releases, and therefore people are going to be seeing that
>> construct in real databases.
> 
> And they could refer back to the older version of the documentation
> for it. In fact, we should mention that in the patch:
> 
> <note><para>If you have a partitioning setup that uses rules please 
> refer to the 8.2 documentation on partitioning</para></note>
> 
> +1

I would also add another sentence about *why* the recommendation was 
changed. We have one rule-based setup here, and it has been working 
flawlessly for us,... so personally I don't even know the reasons.

Best Regards
Michael Paesold