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Re: bug: UPDATE FOR PORTION OF interact with updatable view

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> — 2026-05-13T11:52:01Z

On 09.05.26 21:06, Paul A Jungwirth wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> CREATE TABLE base_tbl (a int, b int, c int);
>> INSERT INTO base_tbl values(1,2);
>> CREATE VIEW rw_view15 AS SELECT a, ('[' || abs(b) ||
>> ',20]')::int4range as b FROM base_tbl;
>>
>> UPDATE rw_view15 for portion of b from 1 to 10 set a = 2;
>> DELETE FROM rw_view15 for portion of b from 1 to 10;
>>
>> The UPDATE will result
>> ERROR:  attribute number 2 not found in view targetlist
>>
>> \errverbose
>> ERROR:  XX000: attribute number 2 not found in view targetlist
>> LOCATION:  rewriteTargetView, rewriteHandler.c:3779
>>
>> The DELETE will crash the server.
>>
>> Both should result in an error in rewriteTargetView.
>> for UPDATE, the error message:
>> ERROR:  cannot update column "b" of view "rw_view15"
>> DETAIL:  View columns that are not columns of their base relation are
>> not updatable.
>>
>> for DELETE, the error message:
>> ERROR:  DELETE ... FOR PORTION OF is not supported for column "b" on
>> view "rw_view15"
>> DETAIL:  View columns that are not columns of their base relation are
>> not updatable.
> 
> Thanks! I've attached a fix. I rewrote the DELETE error message a bit
> to match the existing errors in the file more closely.
> 
> I'll make a CF entry.

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