On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 10:05, Omachonu Ogali wrote: > I'm using PostgreSQL 7.4.2, and I'm having a little issue with rules. > > I created a rule to watch for any inserts to table XYZ, and registered > a listener. But as I simply do a select on the table, I receive several > notifications when nothing has been inserted into the table. > > db=# create rule xyz_inserts as on insert to xyz do notify xyz_inserted; > CREATE RULE > db=# listen xyz_inserted; > LISTEN > db=# notify xyz_inserted; > NOTIFY > Asynchronous notification "xyz_inserted" received from server process with PID 48442. > Asynchronous notification "xyz_inserted" received from server process with PID 48433. > Asynchronous notification "xyz_inserted" received from server process with PID 48445. > Asynchronous notification "xyz_inserted" received from server process with PID 48436. > Asynchronous notification "xyz_inserted" received from server process with PID 48435. > Asynchronous notification "xyz_inserted" received from server process with PID 44586. > > All is well up until this point...I'm not too sure about the multiple > notifications, but the number I receive just continues to grow and grow > even though there are multiple notifications coming from the same > processes, over and over. > > I'm the only one with full rights to this table, and the only one that > is currently working on this database. There is another rule that I've > created (and is currently active), that does inserts into xyz from > another table, but as you can see below, there are no new inserts. Can you post a short "test case" that demonstrates this behaviour? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings