On 15 October 2012 14:43, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > On 10/15/2012 09:07 AM, Simon Riggs wrote: >> >> On 15 October 2012 11:41, Greg Stark <st...@mit.edu> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Please can anyone show me the SQL for a rule that cannot be written as >>>> a view or a trigger? I do not believe such a thing exists and I will >>>> provide free beer to the first person that can prove me wrong. >>> >>> Being written as a view doesn't help you because views use rules. I >>> repeat, the very fact that we need rules to implement views prove >>> rules are necessary for some purposes. >> >> No, it just means there is some aspect of similar underlying >> infrastructure. >> >> Denial of free beer looks like proof to me... > > *sigh* > > First, as Tom said, the onus of proof is on you. You can't transfer it away > with this offer of free beer.
I'm aware that evidence of abstinence is not the same as absence of evidence - I was joking. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers