Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: adding column to table w/ index causes column not to be seen

I think we fixed this in 6.5 beta. Can you try that one from our ftp
site?

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> It seems that if a column is created in a table with an existant index,
> and an attempt is made to use that index, the backend doesn't
> see the new column.
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> Test Case:
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> The following SQL illustrates the problem:
>
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> drop table snafu;
> create table snafu ( a1 text, a2 text );
> insert into snafu values ( 'snark', 'fido' );
> create index snafu_i1 on snafu using hash ( a1 );
> alter table snafu add column a3 text;
> update snafu set a3 = 'snzay' where a1 = 'snark';
> =========================================
>
> This results in
>
> drop table snafu;
> DROP
>
> create table snafu ( a1 text, a2 text );
> CREATE
>
> insert into snafu values ( 'snark', 'fido' );
> INSERT 156996266 1
>
> create index snafu_i1 on snafu using hash ( a1 );
> CREATE
>
> alter table snafu add column a3 text;
> ADD
>
> update snafu set a3 = 'snzay' where a1 = 'snark';
> ERROR: Relation snafu does not have attribute a3
>
> Removing the "create index ..." line causes the problem to
> go away.
>
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> Solution:
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