Re: ALTER TYPE DROP + composite-typed col vs. pg_upgrade

From: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER TYPE DROP + composite-typed col vs. pg_upgrade
Date: 2011-05-22 00:10:50
Message-ID: 20110522001050.GA32364@tornado.gateway.2wire.net
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On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 08:25:30AM -0400, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 28.04.2011 15:41, Noah Misch wrote:
>> Now that we have ALTER TYPE DROP ATTRIBUTE, pg_dump --binary-upgrade must, for
>> the sake of composite-typed columns, preserve the dropped-column configuration
>> of stand-alone composite types. Here's a test case:
>>
>> create type t as (x int, y int);
>> create table has_a (tcol t);
>> insert into has_a values ('(1,2)');
>> table has_a; -- (1,2)
>> alter type t drop attribute y cascade, add attribute z int cascade;
>> table has_a; -- (1,)
>> table has_a; -- after pg_upgrade: (1,2)
>>
>> Apparently I did not fully test the last version after merging it with upstream
>> changes, because it did not work. Sorry for that. This version updates the
>> queries correctly and adds a test case. A regular "make check" passes the new
>> test case with or without the rest of this patch. However, a comparison of
>> regression database dumps before and after a pg_upgrade will reveal the problem
>> given this new test case. See, for example, Peter's recent patch to have the
>> contrib/pg_upgrade "make check" do this.
>
> Ok, committed.

Thank you.

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