- 1999-07-20
+ 2001-01-05
CREATE RULE name AS ON event
TO object [ WHERE condition ]
- DO [ INSTEAD ] [ action | NOTHING ]
+ DO [ INSTEAD ] action
+
+where action can be:
+
+NOTHING
+|
+query
+|
+( query ; query ... )
+|
+[ query ; query ... ]
- 1998-09-11
+ 2001-01-05
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<div class="diff ctx"> Inputs</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> <term><replaceable class="parameter">event</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">- Event is one of <literal><span class="marked">select</span></literal>,</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <literal><span class="marked">update</literal>, <literal>delete</span></literal></div>
<div class="diff rem">- or <literal><span class="marked">insert</span></literal>.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ Event is one of <literal><span class="marked">SELECT</span></literal>,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <literal><span class="marked">UPDATE</literal>, <literal>DELETE</span></literal></div>
<div class="diff add">+ or <literal><span class="marked">INSERT</span></literal>.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </varlistentry></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Object is either <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> or <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable>.<replaceable</div>
<div class="diff rem">- class="parameter">column</replaceable>.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ class="parameter">column</replaceable>. (Currently, only the</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> form is</div>
<div class="diff add">+ actually implemented.)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </varlistentry></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> <term><replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">- Any SQL <span class="marked">WHERE clause, <literal>new</literal> or</span></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <literal>old</literal>, can appear instead of an instance</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <span class="marked">variable whenever an instance variable is permissible in SQL</span>.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ Any SQL <span class="marked">boolean-condition expression. The condition expression may not</span></div>
<div class="diff add">+ refer to any tables except <literal>new</literal> and</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <span class="marked"><literal>old</literal></span>.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <term><replaceable class="parameter"><span class="marked">action</span></replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <term><replaceable class="parameter"><span class="marked">query</span></replaceable></term></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">- Any SQL statement, <literal>new</literal> or</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <literal>old</literal>, can appear instead of an instance</div>
<div class="diff rem">- variable whenever an instance variable is permissible in SQL.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ The query or queries making up the</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff add">+ can be any SQL <literal>SELECT</literal>, <literal>INSERT</literal>,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <literal>UPDATE</literal>, <literal>DELETE</literal>, or</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <literal>NOTIFY</literal> statement.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </listitem></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </varlistentry></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </variablelist></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <para></div>
<div class="diff add">+ Within the <replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff add">+ and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">action</replaceable>, the special</div>
<div class="diff add">+ table names <literal>new</literal> and <literal>old</literal> may be</div>
<div class="diff add">+ used to refer to values in the referenced table (the</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <replaceable class="parameter">object</replaceable>).</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <literal>new</literal> is valid in ON INSERT and ON UPDATE rules</div>
<div class="diff add">+ to refer to the new row being inserted or updated.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <literal>old</literal> is valid in ON SELECT, ON UPDATE, and ON DELETE</div>
<div class="diff add">+ rules to refer to the existing row being selected, updated, or deleted.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </refsect2></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATERULE-2"></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> The <productname>Postgres</productname> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <firstterm>rule system</firstterm> allows one to define an</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> alternate action to be performed on inserts, updates, or deletions</div>
<div class="diff rem">- from database tables<span class="marked"> or classes. Currently, r</span>ules are used to</div>
<div class="diff rem">- implement table views.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ from database tables<span class="marked">. R</span>ules are used to</div>
<div class="diff add">+ implement table views<span class="marked"> as well</span>.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">- The semantics of a rule is that at the time an individual instance is</div>
<div class="diff add">+ The semantics of a rule is that at the time an individual instance (row)</div>
<div class="diff add">+ is</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> accessed, inserted, updated, or deleted, there is an old instance (for</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> selects, updates and deletes) and a new instance (for inserts and</div>
<div class="diff rem">- updates).</div>
<div class="diff rem">- If the <replaceable class="parameter">event</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff rem">- specified in the ON clause and the</div>
<div class="diff add">+ updates). All the rules for the given event type and the given target</div>
<div class="diff add">+ object (table) are examined, in an unspecified order. If the</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable> specified in the</div>
<div class="diff rem">- WHERE clause <span class="marked">are true for the old instance, the</span></div>
<div class="diff add">+ WHERE clause <span class="marked">(if any) is true, the </span></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <replaceable class="parameter">action</replaceable> part of the rule is</div>
<div class="diff rem">- executed. First, however, values from fields in the old instance</div>
<div class="diff rem">- and/or the new instance are substituted for</div>
<div class="diff add">+ executed. The <replaceable class="parameter">action</replaceable> is</div>
<div class="diff add">+ done instead of the original query if INSTEAD is specified; otherwise</div>
<div class="diff add">+ it is done before the original query is performed.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ Within both the <replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff add">+ and <replaceable class="parameter">action</replaceable>, values from</div>
<div class="diff add">+ fields in the old instance and/or the new instance are substituted for</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <literal>old.</literal><replaceable class="parameter">attribute-name</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> and <literal>new.</literal><replaceable class="parameter">attribute-name</replaceable>.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff add">+ <para></div>
<div class="diff add">+ The <replaceable class="parameter">action</replaceable> part of the rule</div>
<div class="diff add">+ can consist of one or more queries. To write multiple queries, surround</div>
<div class="diff add">+ them with either parentheses or square brackets. Such queries will be</div>
<div class="diff add">+ performed in the specified order (whereas there are no guarantees about</div>
<div class="diff add">+ the execution order of multiple rules for an object). The</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <replaceable class="parameter">action</replaceable> can also be NOTHING</div>
<div class="diff add">+ indicating no action. Thus, a DO INSTEAD NOTHING rule suppresses the</div>
<div class="diff add">+ original query from executing (when its condition is true); a DO NOTHING</div>
<div class="diff add">+ rule is useless.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ </para></div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> The <replaceable class="parameter">action</replaceable> part of the rule</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> executes with the same command and transaction identifier as the user</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATERULE-3"></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <refsect2info></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <date><span class="marked">1998-09-11</span></date></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <date><span class="marked">2001-01-05</span></date></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </refsect2info></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <title></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Notes</div>
<div class="diff ctx">
- A caution about SQL rules is in order. If the same class name
- or instance variable appears in the
- event,
- condition and
- action parts of a rule,
- they are all considered different tuple variables. More accurately,
- new and old are the only tuple
- variables that are shared between these clauses. For example, the following
- two rules have the same semantics:
-ON UPDATE TO emp.salary WHERE emp.name = "Joe"
- DO
- UPDATE emp SET ... WHERE ...
-
-
-ON UPDATE TO emp-1.salary WHERE emp-2.name = "Joe"
- DO
- UPDATE emp-3 SET ... WHERE ...
-
+ Presently, ON SELECT rules must be unconditional INSTEAD rules and must
+ have actions that consist of a single SELECT query. Thus, an ON SELECT
+ rule effectively turns the object table into a view, whose visible
+ contents are the rows returned by the rule's SELECT query rather than
+ whatever had been stored in the table (if anything). It is considered
+ better style to write a CREATE VIEW command than to create a table and
+ define an ON SELECT rule for it.
+
- Each rule can have the optional tag INSTEAD.
- Without
- this tag, action will be
- performed in addition to the user command when the
- event in the
- condition part of the rule
- occurs. Alternately, the
- action part will be done
- instead of the user command. In this latter case, the
- action can be the keyword
- NOTHING.
+ You must have rule definition access to a class in order
+ to define a rule on it. Use GRANT
+ and REVOKE to change permissions.
+
- It is very important to note to avoid circular rules.
+ It is very important to take care to avoid circular rules.
For example, though each
of the following two rule definitions are accepted by
-
- You must have rule definition access to a class in order
- to define a rule on it. Use GRANT
- and REVOKE to change permissions.
-
-
- The object in a
SQL rule cannot be an array reference and
- cannot have parameters.
-
-
- Aside from the "oid" field, system attributes cannot be
- referenced anywhere in a rule. Among other things, this
- means that functions of instances (e.g., foo(emp) where
- emp is a class) cannot be called anywhere in a rule.
-
-
- The rule system stores the rule text and query plans as
- text attributes. This implies that creation of rules may
- fail if the rule plus its various internal representations
- exceed some value that is on the order of one page (8KB).
-
-
-
-
</div>
<div class="diff rem">- Usage</div>
<div class="diff rem">-
- Make Sam get the same salary adjustment as Joe:
-
-CREATE RULE example_1 AS
- ON UPDATE emp.salary WHERE old.name = "Joe"
- DO
- UPDATE emp
- SET salary = new.salary
- WHERE emp.name = "Sam";
-
-
- At the time Joe receives a salary adjustment, the event
- will become true and Joe's old instance and proposed
- new instance are available to the execution routines.
- Hence, his new salary is substituted into the action part
- of the rule which is subsequently executed. This propagates
- Joe's salary on to Sam.
-
- Make Bill get Joe's salary when it is accessed:
-CREATE RULE example_2 AS
- ON SELECT TO EMP.salary
- WHERE old.name = "Bill"
- DO INSTEAD
- SELECT emp.salary
- FROM emp
- WHERE emp.name = "Joe";
-
-
- Deny Joe access to the salary of employees in the shoe
- department (current_user returns the name of
- the current user):
-CREATE RULE example_3 AS
- ON
- SELECT TO emp.salary
- WHERE old.dept = "shoe" AND current_user = "Joe"
- DO INSTEAD NOTHING;
-
-
- Create a view of the employees working in the toy department:
-CREATE toyemp(name = char16, salary = int4);
-
-CREATE RULE example_4 AS
- ON SELECT TO toyemp
- DO INSTEAD
- SELECT emp.name, emp.salary
- FROM emp
- WHERE emp.dept = "toy";
-
-
- All new employees must make 5,000 or less:
-CREATE RULE example_5 AS
- ON INERT TO emp WHERE new.salary > 5000
- DO
- UPDATE emp SET salary = 5000
- WHERE emp.oid = new.oid;
-
-
-
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