From 413bc70aaee9efe8cf40153bb31c80de69f5a909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:48:47 +0800
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] COPY FORMAT JSON with generated

Author:  	SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>
discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAHg%2BQDcfpGDoPL3fvfjXRtfn%3Dfny6DdJR6BAy6TpS1Xj2EZfXA%40mail.gmail.com
commitfest entry: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/
---
 src/backend/commands/copyto.c                   | 2 +-
 src/test/regress/expected/generated_stored.out  | 6 ++++++
 src/test/regress/expected/generated_virtual.out | 6 ++++++
 src/test/regress/sql/generated_stored.sql       | 3 +++
 src/test/regress/sql/generated_virtual.sql      | 3 +++
 5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copyto.c b/src/backend/commands/copyto.c
index f0e0147c665..85d15353647 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copyto.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copyto.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ BeginCopyTo(ParseState *pstate,
 	{
 		cstate->json_buf = makeStringInfo();
 
-		if (attnamelist != NIL && rel)
+		if (rel && list_length(cstate->attnumlist) < tupDesc->natts)
 		{
 			int			natts = list_length(cstate->attnumlist);
 			TupleDesc	resultDesc;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/generated_stored.out b/src/test/regress/expected/generated_stored.out
index 43cddeac373..4d329c60994 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/generated_stored.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/generated_stored.out
@@ -541,6 +541,12 @@ SELECT * FROM gtest3 ORDER BY a;
  4 | 12
 (4 rows)
 
+-- COPY JSON should exclude generated columns, same as text/CSV
+COPY gtest1 TO stdout WITH (FORMAT json);
+{"a":1}
+{"a":2}
+{"a":3}
+{"a":4}
 -- null values
 CREATE TABLE gtest2 (a int PRIMARY KEY, b int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (NULL) STORED);
 INSERT INTO gtest2 VALUES (1);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/generated_virtual.out b/src/test/regress/expected/generated_virtual.out
index 234061fa1f7..fc41c480d40 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/generated_virtual.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/generated_virtual.out
@@ -535,6 +535,12 @@ SELECT * FROM gtest3 ORDER BY a;
  4 | 12
 (4 rows)
 
+-- COPY JSON should exclude generated columns, same as text/CSV
+COPY gtest1 TO stdout WITH (FORMAT json);
+{"a":1}
+{"a":2}
+{"a":3}
+{"a":4}
 -- null values
 CREATE TABLE gtest2 (a int PRIMARY KEY, b int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (NULL) VIRTUAL);
 INSERT INTO gtest2 VALUES (1);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/generated_stored.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/generated_stored.sql
index 280021d79b7..1064839dcd2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/generated_stored.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/generated_stored.sql
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ COPY gtest3 (a, b) FROM stdin;
 
 SELECT * FROM gtest3 ORDER BY a;
 
+-- COPY JSON should exclude generated columns, same as text/CSV
+COPY gtest1 TO stdout WITH (FORMAT json);
+
 -- null values
 CREATE TABLE gtest2 (a int PRIMARY KEY, b int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (NULL) STORED);
 INSERT INTO gtest2 VALUES (1);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/generated_virtual.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/generated_virtual.sql
index 4d9ad3c5dca..9b32413e3a9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/generated_virtual.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/generated_virtual.sql
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ COPY gtest3 (a, b) FROM stdin;
 
 SELECT * FROM gtest3 ORDER BY a;
 
+-- COPY JSON should exclude generated columns, same as text/CSV
+COPY gtest1 TO stdout WITH (FORMAT json);
+
 -- null values
 CREATE TABLE gtest2 (a int PRIMARY KEY, b int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (NULL) VIRTUAL);
 INSERT INTO gtest2 VALUES (1);
-- 
2.34.1

