Add documentation for the recent 'ALSO' patch for CREATE RULE. Along

the way, fix a typo and make a few SGML cleanups.

doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml,v 1.43 2004/03/04 14:32:12 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml,v 1.44 2004/03/09 19:30:21 neilc Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 <synopsis>
 CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] RULE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> AS ON <replaceable class="parameter">event</replaceable>
     TO <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ WHERE <replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable> ]
-    DO [ INSTEAD ] { NOTHING | <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable> ; <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable> ... ) }
+    DO [ ALSO | INSTEAD ] { NOTHING | <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable> ; <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable> ... ) }
 </synopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] RULE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> AS
    or deletions in database tables.  Roughly speaking, a rule causes
    additional commands to be executed when a given command on a given
    table is executed.  Alternatively, an <literal>INSTEAD</literal>
-   rule can replace a given command by another, or cause a command 
+   rule can replace a given command by another, or cause a command
-   not to be executed at all.  Rules are used to implement table 
+   not to be executed at all.  Rules are used to implement table
-   views as well.  It is important to realize that a rule is really 
+   views as well.  It is important to realize that a rule is really
-   a command transformation mechanism, or command macro.  The 
+   a command transformation mechanism, or command macro.  The
-   transformation happens before the execution of the commands starts.  
+   transformation happens before the execution of the commands starts.
-   If you actually want an operation that fires independently for each 
+   If you actually want an operation that fires independently for each
-   physical row, you probably want to use a trigger, not a rule.  
+   physical row, you probably want to use a trigger, not a rule.
    More information about the rules system is in <xref linkend="rules">.
   </para>
   
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] RULE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> AS
     <term><replaceable class="parameter">event</replaceable></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      The even is one of <literal>SELECT</literal>,
+      The event is one of <literal>SELECT</literal>,
       <literal>INSERT</literal>, <literal>UPDATE</literal>, or
       <literal>DELETE</literal>.
      </para>
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] RULE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> AS
     <term><replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Any SQL conditional expression (returning <type>boolean</type>).
+      Any <acronym>SQL</acronym> conditional expression (returning
-      The condition expression may not refer to any tables except
+      <type>boolean</type>).  The condition expression may not refer
-      <literal>NEW</literal> and <literal>OLD</literal>, and may not
+      to any tables except <literal>NEW</> and <literal>OLD</>, and
-      contain aggregate functions.
+      may not contain aggregate functions.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -145,8 +145,24 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] RULE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> AS
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <literal>INSTEAD</literal> indicates that the commands should be
-      executed <emphasis>instead</> of the original command, not in
+      executed <emphasis>instead of</> the original command.
-      addition to the original command.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><option>ALSO</option></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <literal>ALSO</literal> indicates that the commands should be
+      executed <emphasis>in addition to</emphasis> the original
+      command.
+     </para>
+
+     <para>
+      If neither <literal>ALSO</literal> nor
+      <literal>INSTEAD</literal> is specified, <literal>ALSO</literal>
+      is the default.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -156,9 +172,9 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] RULE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> AS
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The command or commands that make up the rule action.  Valid
-      commands are <literal>SELECT</literal>,
+      commands are <command>SELECT</command>,
-      <literal>INSERT</literal>, <literal>UPDATE</literal>,
+      <command>INSERT</command>, <command>UPDATE</command>,
-      <literal>DELETE</literal>, or <literal>NOTIFY</literal>.
+      <command>DELETE</command>, or <command>NOTIFY</command>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -215,14 +231,14 @@ SELECT * FROM t1;
    issued even if there are not any rows that the rule should apply
    to.  For example, in
 <programlisting>
-CREATE RULE notify_me AS ON UPDATE TO mytable DO NOTIFY mytable;
+CREATE RULE notify_me AS ON UPDATE TO mytable DO ALSO NOTIFY mytable;
 
 UPDATE mytable SET name = 'foo' WHERE id = 42;
 </programlisting>
    one <command>NOTIFY</command> event will be sent during the
-   <command>UPDATE</command>, whether or not there are any rows with
+   <command>UPDATE</command>, whether or not there are any rows that
-   <literal>id = 42</literal>.  This is an implementation restriction
+   match the condition <literal>id = 42</literal>.  This is an
-   that may be fixed in future releases.
+   implementation restriction that may be fixed in future releases.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -232,7 +248,7 @@ UPDATE mytable SET name = 'foo' WHERE id = 42;
   <para>
    <command>CREATE RULE</command> is a
    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> language extension, as is the
-   entire rules system.
+   entire query rewrite system.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 </refentry>