Re: "ALSO" keyword to "CREATE RULE" patch

Fabien COELHO wrote:
>
> > I thought the syntax came from Berkeley.  We can add ALSO if folks like
> > it.  I can't think of cases where we have keywords for both on and off
> > behavior, and allow a default if the keyword is missing.
>
> ALTER TABLE ... DROP CONSTRAINT ... [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ] ;
>
> CREATE TABLE ... [ WITH OIDS | WITHOUT OIDS ] ... ;
>
> CREATE USER ... [ CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB ] ... ;
>
> IMHO, from the language design point of view, it seems better if all
> options have a name.

Makes sense to me now.  No one liked the non-INSTEAD rule description,
for sure.

Shoot me the patch again and I will put in the the queue.  Thanks.

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