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From: aoki@cs.berkeley.edu (Paul M. Aoki)
To: paiaa@euler.mcs.utulsa.edu (Aarti Pai)
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Subject: Re: rule execution 
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In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 12 Feb 1995 16:58:02 -0600 
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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 95 19:28:36 -0800
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paiaa@euler.mcs.utulsa.edu (Aarti Pai) writes:
> I am new to Postgres.  I am using the 4.2 version.  I've defined
> several rules on a single relation.  I would like to execute a
> certain rule.  How do I go about doing this?

the only way to execute a rule is to fire it (i.e., by running a
query that matches the condition under which it is supposed to be
triggered).

if two rules are defined in such a way that you cannot formulate a
query that does not trigger one without triggered the other, then you
lose.  there is no way to turn off rules temporarily (though you can
remove them, of course).
--
  Paul M. Aoki          |  University of California at Berkeley
  aoki@CS.Berkeley.EDU  |  Dept. of EECS, Computer Science Division (#1776) 
                        |  Berkeley, CA 94720-1776

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