Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> On Friday 04 August 2006 21:19, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Rick Gigger <rick@alpinenetworking.com> writes:
>>> 1) updatable views - I won't really use this but it just seems like
>>> one of those features that people use when doing rdbms features
>>> comparison charts.
>>
>> Agreed, if this gets in it will be a Real Biggie.
> Hmm.. I would de-emphasize it because it doesn't give us give us anything we
> couldn't do before; and really what we can do now is way above most database
> systems.
Well, you know that and I know that, but no PHB knows that --- and
what's more important, the average journeyman database developer
probably doesn't know how to write those rules either. This feature
isn't about doing something that couldn't be done at all before; it is
about bringing a pretty useful behavior within the reach of mere mortals.
regards, tom lane