Is there a technical limitation which prevents DO from being used in rules or am I missing something with this? CREATE RULE test_update AS ON UPDATE TO test DO INSTEAD DO $$ BEGIN; RAISE NOTICE 'hello'; END; $$; Cheers, M -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general