Re: Index created in BEFORE trigger not updated during INSERT

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Index created in BEFORE trigger not updated during INSERT
Date: 2017-06-03 22:47:15
Message-ID: 20170603224715.5w4vnmpu2zypucfv@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2017-06-03 18:23:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Attached is a proposed patch that closes off this problem. I've tested
> it to the extent that it blocks Albe's example and passes check-world.

Cool.

> I'm unsure whether to back-patch or not; the main argument for not doing
> so is that if any extensions are calling DefineIndex() directly, this
> would be an API break for them. Given what a weird case this is, I'm not
> sure it's worth that.

I slightly lean against backpatching, it has taken long to be reported,
and it's pretty easy to work around...

- Andres

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