Re: BUG #16242: convert_tuple_* not handling missing values correctly

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
Cc: andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #16242: convert_tuple_* not handling missing values correctly
Date: 2020-02-05 02:19:33
Message-ID: 20200205021933.c4wtkpcx2li3um2k@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2020-02-05 03:03:04 +0100, Vik Fearing wrote:
> On 04/02/2020 03:24, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> > The following example shows a tuple appearing with NULLs in a column
> > declared NOT NULL, because there is a missing default value not being filled
> > in. The cause is that convert_tuples_by_name, or more precisely
> > check_attrmap_match, thinks that it's enough for the tupdescs to match up as
> > regards attnums/names/types, without considering that the source tupdesc
> > might have missing values that the destination does not. So it incorrectly
> > concludes that no conversion is needed, and the missing values become
> > null.
>
> Here is a quick patch that fixes this on master.

Should include a regression test...

- Andres

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