On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:30 AM, srdjan <srdjan.matic@xxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > CREATE TABLE b (id smallint PRIMARY KEY, email_a varchar(20), name_a > varchar(10), tot smallint, FOREIGN KEY (email_a, name_a) REFERENCES a(email, > name)); > [...] > > -- And this easy rule > > CREATE RULE rrr_a_b AS ON INSERT TO b > DO INSTEAD > INSERT INTO b VALUES > (NEW.id, > NEW.email_a, > NEW.name_a, > (SELECT calc(NEW.email_a, NEW.name_a)) > ); > > -- Sample for insert into b > > INSERT INTO b VALUES (33,'mail1@xxxxxxxxx','bill'); > [...] > Trying to insert into b (and using the new rule defined by myself, i receive > this message: > > ERROR: infinite recursion detected in rules for relation "b" > when you insert into b the rule rewrites your query into an insert into b... ah... another insert into b, the rule rewrites *again* the query into (guess what?) another insert into b... and the rule system will continue rewriting your query until it get something different to an insert into b... hope i was clear... now, why the rule? isn't enough to simply do this? INSERT INTO b VALUES (33,'mail1@xxxxxxxxx','bill', calc('mail1@xxxxxxxxx', 'bill')); or maybe using a trigger before insert but you're insert should look like: INSERT INTO b(id, email_a, name_a) VALUES (33,'mail1@xxxxxxxxx','bill'); and in the trigger fill the tot column -- regards, Jaime Casanova - Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general