Re: Inherit regression outputs rows in alternative ordering when run on other table AM than heap

Hi, hackers!

On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 at 16:54, Pavel Borisov <pashkin.elfe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, hackers!
>
> Existing inherit regression test results are tied to the particular
> row order after UPDATE clause. The context is approximately the same
> as in [1].
> This could be easily fixed by adding ORDER BY clause to the test. See
> the patch proposed. I added order by not only to places prone to the
> difference quoted but also to other places as it's cheap and doesn't
> harm. If the committer don't agree with extra order by's I can leave
> only those necessary for fixing quoted test output.
>
> [1] https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/4c1a27e53a508f74883cda52a6c8612121d7fd6b

To existing unchanged patch 0001, I've added a couple of others:

0002: Fixes join order differences.
The patch fixes only particular fail that I'm seeing.

0003: Fixed updatable view order differences.
It's carpet replacement of the test with adding ORDER BY's.


Kind regards,
Pavel Borisov
Supabase