Re: ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN ... DEFAULT with volatile function loses DML
Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2025-11-04T19:20:38Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
On Tue, 2025-11-04 at 13:22 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Hmm ... ideally we'd throw an error for that. CheckTableNotInUse() > intends to prevent some similar cases, but it misses this one because > ALTER TABLE is the outermost command and there's no check performed > at the inner UPDATE. Not sure how hard we need to work at preventing > people from shooting themselves in the foot, though. I poked around at a few ideas and they seemed to get invasive. Perhaps the cure is worse than the disease, unless someone has an idea. Regards, Jeff Davis