Re: Add column if not exists (CINE)

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, Kjell Rune Skaaraas <kjella79(at)yahoo(dot)no>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Add column if not exists (CINE)
Date: 2010-07-23 11:06:19
Message-ID: AANLkTim-FpLcQ8E3KVLXXR6hPs7NWYxsnhV3-Zxg7H+G@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:46 AM, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> wrote:
>
>
> --On 21. Juli 2010 17:16:13 -0400 Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> I get the same error message from concurrent CREATE TABLE commands
>> even without CINE...
>>
>> S1:
>> rhaas=# begin;
>> BEGIN
>> rhaas=# create table foo (id int);
>> CREATE TABLE
>>
>> S2:
>> rhaas=# begin;
>> BEGIN
>> rhaas=# create table foo (id int);
>> <blocks>
>>
>> S1:
>> rhaas=# commit;
>> COMMIT
>>
>> S2:
>> ERROR:  duplicate key value violates unique constraint
>> "pg_type_typname_nsp_index"
>> DETAIL:  Key (typname, typnamespace)=(foo, 2200) already exists.
>>
>
> Funny, never realized that before, but you're right.
>
>> I agree it would be nice to fix this.  I'm not sure how hard it is.  I
>> don't think it's the job of this patch.  :-)
>
> Yes, i agree. I would like to mark this patch "Ready for Committer", if
> that's okay for you (since you are a committer you might want to commit it
> yourself). Given that there's still some discussion in progress, i'm not
> sure about it, however. The patch itself looks fine to me and I'm traveling
> this weekend, so i don't want to hold it off as long as necessary.

As far as I can see, the other emails were regarding adding columns,
whereas this patch is about creating tables. So I think it's OK...

--
Robert Haas
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