Re: PG 14.5 -- Impossible to restore dump due to interaction/order of views, functions, and generated columns

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Nunya Business" <nb3425586(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PG 14.5 -- Impossible to restore dump due to interaction/order of views, functions, and generated columns
Date: 2022-12-06 15:23:57
Message-ID: 3635234.1670340237@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Nunya Business" <nb3425586(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Within my schema there is a table that has a GENERATED ALWAYS column
> that calls a plpgsql function. The called function has a "row type"
> variable declared that references a view. While the schema itself
> functions properly day to day, and pg_dumpall works as expected, the
> generated SQL fails to successfully execute. The table in question is
> restored with no rows, and an error is generated during the COPY stating
> that the type does not exist.

Hmm, do you have actually circular dependencies in that? pg_dump has
some heuristics for dealing with such cases, but maybe it needs more.
Please create a self-contained example and submit it to pgsql-bugs.

regards, tom lane

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