Re: BUG #4271: dropped columns conflict with returning rules

Hello, Tom!

> What did you do *exactly*?

Here's the example of command sequence that lead to this error:

luh=# create table foo(a int);
CREATE TABLE
luh=# alter TABLE foo add column b int;
ALTER TABLE
luh=# alter TABLE foo drop column b;
ALTER TABLE
luh=# alter TABLE foo add column c int;
ALTER TABLE
luh=# create table foo_child() inherits (foo);
CREATE TABLE
luh=# create or replace rule myrule as on insert to foo do instead
insert into foo_child values(new.*) returning foo_child.*;
ERROR: cannot convert relation containing dropped columns to view
luh=#

> > this rule started to work incorrectly: it did not store foo and quackquack
> > values but used nulls instead.
>
> This is expected behavior because the * expressions are expanded when
> the rule is defined:

That's OK

Thanks,
Alexey

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