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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2004-03-09 05:05:41 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2004-03-09 05:05:41 +0000
commit943eae92fb7d8c8078a73063429c8c06599b3556 (patch)
tree14a253609729dcea09f2545d5f8491914ea14d94 /doc/src
parent53cd7cd8a9168d4b2e2feb52129336429cc99b98 (diff)
Add ALSO keyword to CREATE RULE.
Fabien COELHO
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/keywords.sgml8
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml18
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/keywords.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/keywords.sgml
index 51e08a360e2..e8f5d9b75c5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/keywords.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/keywords.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/keywords.sgml,v 2.12 2003/11/29 19:51:37 pgsql Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/keywords.sgml,v 2.13 2004/03/09 05:05:40 momjian Exp $ -->
<appendix id="sql-keywords-appendix">
<title><acronym>SQL</acronym> Key Words</title>
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@
<entry>reserved</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><token>ALSO</token></entry>
+ <entry>non-reserved</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><token>ALTER</token></entry>
<entry>non-reserved</entry>
<entry>reserved</entry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml
index c719a651de1..a764dcfc5f4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml,v 1.33 2003/12/13 23:59:06 neilc Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml,v 1.34 2004/03/09 05:05:40 momjian Exp $ -->
<Chapter Id="rules">
<Title>The Rule System</Title>
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ SELECT t1.a, t2.b, t1.ctid FROM t1, t2 WHERE t1.a = t2.a;
<ListItem>
<Para>
- They can be <literal>INSTEAD</> or not.
+ They can be <literal>INSTEAD</> or <literal>ALSO</> (default).
</Para>
</ListItem>
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ SELECT t1.a, t2.b, t1.ctid FROM t1, t2 WHERE t1.a = t2.a;
<ProgramListing>
CREATE RULE <replaceable>rule_name</> AS ON <replaceable>event</>
TO <replaceable>object</> [WHERE <replaceable>rule_qualification</>]
- DO [INSTEAD] [<replaceable>action</> | (<replaceable>actions</>) | NOTHING];
+ DO [ALSO|INSTEAD] [<replaceable>action</> | (<replaceable>actions</>) | NOTHING];
</ProgramListing>
in mind.
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ CREATE RULE <replaceable>rule_name</> AS ON <replaceable>event</>
Initially the query-tree list is empty.
There can be zero (<literal>NOTHING</> key word), one, or multiple actions.
To simplify, we will look at a rule with one action. This rule
- can have a qualification or not and it can be <literal>INSTEAD</> or not.
+ can have a qualification or not and it can be <literal>INSTEAD</> or <literal>ALSO</> (default).
</Para>
<Para>
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ CREATE RULE <replaceable>rule_name</> AS ON <replaceable>event</>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>No qualification and not <literal>INSTEAD</></term>
+ <term>No qualification and <literal>ALSO</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
the query tree from the rule action with the original query
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ CREATE RULE <replaceable>rule_name</> AS ON <replaceable>event</>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Qualification given and not <literal>INSTEAD</></term>
+ <term>Qualification given and <literal>ALSO</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
the query tree from the rule action with the rule
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ CREATE RULE <replaceable>rule_name</> AS ON <replaceable>event</>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- Finally, if the rule is not <literal>INSTEAD</>, the unchanged original query tree is
+ Finally, if the rule is <literal>ALSO</>, the unchanged original query tree is
added to the list. Since only qualified <literal>INSTEAD</> rules already add the
original query tree, we end up with either one or two output query trees
for a rule with one action.
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ INSERT INTO shoelace_log VALUES (
</Para>
<Para>
- The rule is a qualified non-<literal>INSTEAD</> rule, so the rule system
+ The rule is a qualified <literal>ALSO</> rule, so the rule system
has to return two query trees: the modified rule action and the original
query tree. In step 1, the range table of the original query is
incorporated into the rule's action query tree. This results in:
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ INSERT INTO shoelace_log VALUES (
</para>
<para>
- That's it. Since the rule is not <literal>INSTEAD</>, we also output the
+ That's it. Since the rule is <literal>ALSO</>, we also output the
original query tree. In short, the output from the rule system
is a list of two query trees that correspond to these statements: