Re: Adding new columns - bug

This happens in 6.1 and 6.2, not able to test 6.3 yet..... Sorry typo...
should be 8.x ofcourse.

On 11/02/2008, Michael Andreasen <michael(at)dunlops(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I have a found a bug when adding a new column to an existing table. This
> happens in 6.1 and 6.2, not able to test 6.3 yet.
>
> This is the process I am doing;
>
> alter table product add column search_priority int default 0;
> update product set search_priority = 0;
> search_priority,count(*) from product group by 1;
> search_priority | count
> -----------------+-------
> 0 | 26462
> (1 row)
>
> This is as expected so far.
>
> However "product" is a very busy table and is updated every few seconds.
> If I wait for a few minutes then perform the same select again I get this;
>
> search_priority,count(*) from product group by 1;
> search_priority | count
> -----------------+-------
> | 147
> 0 | 26315
>
> Other processes are updating the product table, they NOT updating the
> "search_priority" and have no knowledge of it. It seems that when they
> update any column on the row the newly added field is reset to null.
>
> If I drop the the table and reload from a dump all works well, so this
> behavior only happens on columns added via an alter table.
>
> There is nothing sepcial about the product table other than it has a
> couple of trigger rules to post to other tables on updates of some fields
> (audit log), nothing to cause this behavior. I have only noticed this
> happening of this table, so I am guessing it's related to it having rules,
> since it's one of the few that does.
>
> Is this a known bug at all?
>
> PS, been using postgreSQL for about 6 years and this is the ONLY bug i've
> come across, so though i'd better report it ;)
>
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