Re: plpgsql function error after alter table add

From: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tim Dunnington <timbert(at)timshouse(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: plpgsql function error after alter table add
Date: 2000-12-13 00:21:06
Message-ID: 3A36C0F2.A52DB121@tpf.co.jp
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Tom Lane wrote:
>
> "Tim Dunnington" <timbert(at)timshouse(dot)com> writes:
> > If you create a function with a table as the argument, and later alter that
> > table and add a new column, the function fails saying "incorrect number of
> > attributes for table _tablename_" Dropping and readding the function does
> > not fix this problem.
>
> I think this is not so much a plpgsql bug as a side effect of the rather
> shoddy implementation of ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN.

Seems a plpgsql's simple bug.

> It doesn't go through
> and alter any actual tuples in the table, it just adds the column to the
> schema.

It seems a nice implementation.

Regards.
Hiroshi Inoue

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