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