Fix ALTER TABLE ADD VIRTUAL GENERATED COLUMN when table rewrite

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

Commit: f011acdd61fc296ec8822ca4edc18e32b6bd2b56
Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Date: 2025-03-04T08:18:32Z
Releases: 18.0
Fix ALTER TABLE ADD VIRTUAL GENERATED COLUMN when table rewrite

demo:
CREATE TABLE gtest20a (a int PRIMARY KEY, b int GENERATED ALWAYS AS (a * 2) VIRTUAL);
ALTER TABLE gtest20a ADD COLUMN c float8 DEFAULT RANDOM() CHECK (b < 60);
ERROR:  no generation expression found for column number 2 of table "pg_temp_17306"

In ATRewriteTable, the variable OIDNewHeap (if valid) corresponding
pg_attrdef default expression entry was not populated.  So OIDNewHeap
cannot be used to call expand_generated_columns_in_expr or
build_generation_expression.  Therefore in ATRewriteTable, we can only
use the existing relation to expand the generated expression.

Author: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Srinath Reddy <srinath2133@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CACJufxEJ%3DFoajabWXjszo_yrQeKSxdZ87KJqBW373rSbajKGAA%40mail.gmail.com

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