Re: Dumping/restoring fails on inherited generated column

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Masahiko Sawada <masahiko(dot)sawada(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dumping/restoring fails on inherited generated column
Date: 2021-02-03 19:18:33
Message-ID: 22de27f6-7096-8d96-4619-7b882932ca25@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2021-01-29 17:41, Tom Lane wrote:
> Also, in the example from [2],
>
> d3=# create table pp1 (a int, b int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (a * 2) STORED);
> CREATE TABLE
> d3=# create table cc1 (a int, b int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (a * 3) STORED);
> CREATE TABLE
> d3=# alter table cc1 inherit pp1;
> ALTER TABLE
>
> pg_dump now omits to dump cc1's generation expression, which seems
> strictly worse than before. Admittedly, the backend likely ought to
> be rejecting this scenario, but it doesn't do so today.
>
> [2]https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/661371.1601398006%40sss.pgh.pa.us

Here is a WIP patch to address this. Probably needs another look for
column number mapping and all the usual stuff, but the basic idea should
be okay.

--
Peter Eisentraut
2ndQuadrant, an EDB company
https://www.2ndquadrant.com/

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