On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:22 +0000, Gregory Stark wrote: > "Decibel!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > CLUSTER isn't DDL. Most forms of ALTER TABLE are. And CREATE blah, etc. > > Fwiw I would call CLUSTER DDL. Note that it does make a change that's visible > in the table definition afterwards. > > There are plenty of DDL commands which modify data (CREATE INDEX, ATLER TABLE > ALTER COLUMN TYPE). The defining characteristic of DDL is not that it doesn't > modify the data but that it does modify the table definition. > > By that definition CLUSTER is DDL and TRUNCATE is DDL if you look at the > implementation rather than the user-visible effects.
Surely the question is more simple: do we want triggers on it? There's a clear case for TRUNCATE to have a triggers. Is there a clear case for any other statements (however you categorise them)? If so, lets hear it, please. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
