Re: Virtual generated columns

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-11-28T09:35:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Expand virtual generated columns for ALTER COLUMN TYPE

  2. Eliminate code duplication in replace_rte_variables callbacks

  3. Expand virtual generated columns in the planner

  4. Virtual generated columns

  5. Additional tests for stored generated columns

  6. Improve generated_stored test

  7. Fix handling of CREATE DOMAIN with GENERATED constraint syntax

  8. Add pg_constraint rows for not-null constraints

  9. Put generated_stored test objects in a schema

  10. Rename regress test generated to generated_stored

  11. Small code simplification

  12. Remove useless code

  13. Remove useless initializations

  14. doc: Clarify that pg_attrdef also stores generation expressions

  15. Clean out column-level pg_init_privs entries when dropping tables.

  16. Re-implement the ereport() macro using __VA_ARGS__.

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On 12.11.24 17:08, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 11.11.24 12:37, jian he wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 12:17 AM Peter Eisentraut 
>> <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> New patch version.  I've gone through the whole thread again and looked
>>> at all the feedback and various bug reports and test cases and made sure
>>> they are all addressed in the latest patch version.  (I'll send some
>>> separate messages to respond to some individual messages, but I'm
>>> keeping the latest patch here.)
>>
>> just quickly note the not good error message before you rebase.
>>
>> src7=# create domain d_fail as int4 constraint cc GENERATED ALWAYS AS 
>> (2) ;
>> ERROR:  unrecognized constraint subtype: 4
>> src7=# create domain d_fail as int4 constraint cc GENERATED ALWAYS AS
>> (2) stored;
>> ERROR:  unrecognized constraint subtype: 4
>> src7=# create domain d_fail as int4 constraint cc GENERATED ALWAYS AS
>> (2) virtual;
>> ERROR:  unrecognized constraint subtype: 4
>>
>> reading gram.y, typedef struct Constraint seems cannot distinguish, we
>> are creating a domain or create table.
>> I cannot found a way to error out in gram.y.
>>
>> so we have to error out at DefineDomain.
> 
> This appears to be a very old problem independent of this patch.  I'll 
> take a look at fixing it.

Here is a patch.

I'm on the fence about taking out the default case.  It does catch the 
missing enum values, and I suppose if the struct arrives in 
DefineDomain() with a corrupted contype value that is none of the enum 
values, then we'd just do nothing with it.  Maybe go ahead with this, 
but for backpatching leave the default case in place?