On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Dilip Kumar <dilipbal...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Haribabu Kommi
> <kommi.harib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > COPY command is treated as an UTILITY command, During the query
> > processing, the rules are not applied on the COPY command, and in the
> > execution of COPY command, it just inserts the data into the heap and
> > indexes with direct calls.
> >
> > I feel supporting the COPY command for the case-2 is little bit complex
> > and may not be that much worth.
>
> I agree it will be complex..
> >
> > Attached is the updated patch with doc changes.
>
> Now since we are adding support for INSTEAD OF TRIGGER in COPY FROM
> command, It will be good that we provide a HINT to user if INSTEAD of
> trigger does not exist, like we do in case of insert ?
>
> INSERT case:
> postgres=# insert into ttt_v values(7);
> 2016-11-01 14:31:39.845 IST [72343] ERROR:  cannot insert into view "ttt_v"
> 2016-11-01 14:31:39.845 IST [72343] DETAIL:  Views that do not select
> from a single table or view are not automatically updatable.
> 2016-11-01 14:31:39.845 IST [72343] HINT:  To enable inserting into
> the view, provide an INSTEAD OF INSERT trigger or an unconditional ON
> INSERT DO INSTEAD rule.
>
> COPY case:
> postgres=# COPY ttt_v FROM stdin;
> 2016-11-01 14:31:52.235 IST [72343] ERROR:  cannot copy to view "ttt_v"
> 2016-11-01 14:31:52.235 IST [72343] STATEMENT:  COPY ttt_v FROM stdin;


Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I agree that adding a hint is good.
Updated patch is attached with addition of hint message.

2016-11-03 14:56:28.685 AEDT [7822] ERROR:  cannot copy to view "ttt_v"
2016-11-03 14:56:28.685 AEDT [7822] HINT:  To enable copy to view, provide
an INSTEAD OF INSERT trigger
2016-11-03 14:56:28.685 AEDT [7822] STATEMENT:  COPY ttt_v FROM stdin;


Regards,
Hari Babu
Fujitsu Australia

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