Re: Transactions and temp tables

Heikki,

I have extended the patch to allow temp tables that have been
created/dropped within the same transaction (and also on commit drop).
There is a problem with temp tables with on delete rows that are created
inside a transaction.
Take the 2pc_on_delete_rows_transaction.sql test case and change the
creation statement, instead of
create temp table foo(x int) on commit delete rows;
try
create temp table foo(x serial primary key) on commit delete rows;

The test will fail. It looks like the onCommit field is not properly
updated when serial or primary key is used in that context. I did not
figure out why.

Waiting for your feedback
Emmanuel

Emmanuel Cecchet wrote:
> I think that the Assert in is_temp_rel(Oid) in tablecmds.c should be
> replaced by if (on_commits == NULL) return false;
> As the use case below shows, a regular table can be created and hold a
> LOCKTAG_RELATION lock that will trigger the call to is_temp_rel in
> is_preparable_locktag. The assert will break if no temp table was
> accessed.
>
> As we were also trying to list potential issues, if the temp table
> uses a SERIAL type, will there be potentially a problem with the
> sequence at prepare time?
>
> Emmanuel
>
>
>> The following test fails with your patch on my system. Could you
>> check if you can reproduce?
>>
>> psql (8.4devel)
>> Type "help" for help.
>>
>> test=# begin;
>> BEGIN
>> test=# create table paul(x int);
>> CREATE TABLE
>> test=# insert into paul values(1);
>> INSERT 0 1
>> test=# prepare transaction 'persistentTableShouldSucceed';
>> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>> This probably means the server terminated abnormally
>> before or while processing the request.
>> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> LOG: database system is ready to accept connections
>> TRAP: FailedAssertion("!(on_commits != ((void *)0))", File:
>> "tablecmds.c", Line: 7823)
>> LOG: server process (PID 15969) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted
>> LOG: terminating any other active server processes
>> FATAL: the database system is in recovery mode
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> manu
>>
>
>

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