Hi,
I'm trying to create a rule to be applied on update to a view that
consists of two joined tables. Table 'shoes' below is left-joined with
table 'shoelaces' in the view 'footwear'. I'd like to create a simple
update rule on the view, only if the value of a common column
corresponds to an inexistent record in 'shoelaces', so the result is an
INSERT into 'shoelaces' with the new record:
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CREATE TABLE shoes (
sh_id serial PRIMARY KEY,
sh_name text,
sh_avail integer
);
CREATE TABLE shoelaces (
sl_id serial PRIMARY KEY,
sh_id integer REFERENCES shoes,
sl_name text
);
INSERT INTO shoes (sh_name, sh_avail)
VALUES ('sh1', 2), ('sh2', 0), ('sh3', 4), ('sh4', 3);
INSERT INTO shoelaces (sh_id, sl_name)
VALUES (1, 'sl1'), (3, 'sl2');
SELECT * FROM shoes;
sh_id | sh_name | sh_avail
-------+---------+----------
1 | sh1 | 2
2 | sh2 | 0
3 | sh3 | 4
4 | sh4 | 3
SELECT * FROM shoelaces;
sl_id | sh_id | sl_name
-------+-------+---------
1 | 1 | sl1
2 | 3 | sl2
(2 rows)
CREATE VIEW footwear AS
SELECT sh.sh_id, sh_name, sh_avail, sl_name
FROM shoes sh LEFT JOIN shoelaces sl USING (sh_id);
SELECT * FROM footwear;
sh_id | sh_name | sh_avail | sl_name
-------+---------+----------+---------
1 | sh1 | 2 | sl1
2 | sh2 | 0 |
3 | sh3 | 4 | sl2
4 | sh4 | 3 |
(4 rows)
CREATE RULE footwear_nothing_upd AS
ON UPDATE TO footwear DO INSTEAD NOTHING;
CREATE RULE footwear_newshoelaces_upd AS
ON UPDATE TO footwear
WHERE NEW.sl_name <> OLD.sl_name AND OLD.sl_name IS NULL
DO
INSERT INTO shoelaces (sh_id, sl_name)
VALUES(NEW.sh_id, NEW.sl_name);
-- Testing: result should be a new record in 'shoelaces'
UPDATE footwear SET sl_name = 'sl3' WHERE sh_name = 'sh2';
-- but that doesn't happen:
SELECT * FROM shoelaces;
sl_id | sh_id | sl_name
-------+-------+---------
1 | 1 | sl1
2 | 3 | sl2
(2 rows)
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Any tips would be much appreciated.
--
Seb
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