Re: Rules and actions involving multiple rows

For me, triggers are for modifying the row being
updated/deleted/inserted, while rules are for modifying other rows as
part of the query.

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Jason Godden wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Just have a quick question regarding rules:
> 
> In the past I've always used triggers to fire before or after events however I 
> see that the same thing can be achieved through rules (for logging etc...) so 
> I created a rule which fires on update (not DO INSTEAD) however it only seems 
> to work for a single row - whereas the triggers work for all rows updated in 
> a transaction.  Is this correct and if so I presume I should be sticking to 
> triggers if I want this kind of behaviour?
> 
> Rgds,
> 
> Jason
> 
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