Re: pgsql: Allow a multi-row INSERT to specify DEFAULTs for a generated col

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Allow a multi-row INSERT to specify DEFAULTs for a generated col
Date: 2021-08-19 03:14:11
Message-ID: 6906fe3025b8a8fc7a3c1f120b93726db53c7ed3.camel@cybertec.at
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On Sun, 2020-11-22 at 20:48 +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Allow a multi-row INSERT to specify DEFAULTs for a generated column.
>
> One can say "INSERT INTO tab(generated_col) VALUES (DEFAULT)" and not
> draw an error. But the equivalent case for a multi-row VALUES list
> always threw an error, even if one properly said DEFAULT in each row.
> Fix that. While here, improve the test cases for nearby logic about
> OVERRIDING SYSTEM/USER values.
>
> Dean Rasheed
>
> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/9q0sgcr416t.fsf@gmx.us
>
> Branch
> ------
> master
>
> Details
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> https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/17958972fe3bb03454a4b53756b29d65dc285efa

Shouldn't this be backpatched?
That seems like a clear bug to me; see this report on v11:
https://stackoverflow.com/q/68834080/6464308

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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