Re: BUG #18887: Inner join returns non-existent data.

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: fabernal@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-04-10T17:51:54Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I have two tables that share the same primary key composed of three fields.
> When I perform an inner join using all the key fields in the statement, it
> returns non-existent values. The inner join shouldn't return any rows, but
> instead it returns a row with a non-existent value.
> Select rp.codactividadeconomica 
> from p_contratos pc 
> inner join remuner.remunerp_contratos rp 
> on pc.codigoempresa = rp.codigoempresa 
> and pc.concoanio = rp.concoanio 
> and pc.concosecue = rp.concosecue
> where pc.codigoempresa = 2 and pc.concoanio = 16 and pc.concosecue =
> '017';

I'm inclined to guess that this is a symptom of a corrupted index;
does REINDEX help?

Since one of the columns in question is text (well, char(N)),
a plausible theory about what caused the corruption is an update
of the underlying system that resulted in a collation change.
See

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes

			regards, tom lane