Re: [BUGS] postgresql-6.1.1: insert into XXX select * from YYY does not working where YYY are view.

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: ic@cms.spb.su (Ivan Crivoruchko)
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org (PostgreSQL-development)
Date: 1998-01-11T21:33:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Fixed in 6.3.  Beta is Feb 1.

> sql query "insert into XXX select * from YYY" does not working if
> YYY are view.
> 
> 
> 
> Please describe a way to repeat the problem.   Please try to provide a
> concise reproducible example, if at all possible: 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> [ic@cms ic]$ createdb bugexample
> [ic@cms ic]$ psql bugexample
> Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
>   Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
> 
>    type \? for help on slash commands
>    type \q to quit
>    type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
>  You are currently connected to the database: bugexample
> 
> bugexample=> create table foo ( x int );
> CREATE
> bugexample=> insert into foo values (1);
> INSERT 3035758
> bugexample=> insert into foo values (2);
> INSERT 3035759
> bugexample=> select * from foo;
> x
> -
> 1
> 2
> (2 rows)
> 
> bugexample=> create view bar as select * from foo;
> CREATE
> bugexample=> select * from bar;
> x
> -
> 1
> 2
> (2 rows)
> 
> bugexample=> create table foobar ( x int );
> CREATE
> bugexample=> insert into foobar select * from bar;
> INSERT 0
> bugexample=> select * from foobar;
> x
> -
> (0 rows)
> 
> bugexample=> 
> 
> 
> 
> NOTE: This bug also hapenes if we runing
> "insert into XXX (F1,F2...) select F1,F2... from YYY",
> or if we select from multiple tables and one or more tables
> are views, independant of "where ...." expression.
> 
> 
> If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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> 
> ?
> 
> 
> 
> ic
> 
> P.S. Sorry for my bad english grammatic ... :-(
> 
> 


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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us