On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 01:03:38PM -0800, Jonathan Knopp wrote:
> UPDATE rules work perfectly for what I need to do except I need them to
> only run once, not try and recurse (which of course isn't allowedby
> postgresql anyway). Triggers seem a less efficient way to do the same
> thing, though I understand they would run recursively too. Here's the
> table structure in question:
You have to do this with a trigger. The problem is that the rule is
expanded inline like a macro, so you can't prevent the behaviour
you're seeing.
A
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