Re: Possible bug in ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN (PostgreSQL 7.1.3) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Possible bug in ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN (PostgreSQL 7.1.3)
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Msg-id 200110121753.f9CHrnl10542@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Possible bug in ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN (PostgreSQL 7.1.3)  (Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
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This appears to be fixed:

    test=> CREATE TABLE sheep (cow text);
    CREATE
    test=> CREATE INDEX goat ON sheep (cow);
    CREATE
    test=> ALTER TABLE sheep RENAME cow TO chicken;
    ALTER
    test=> \d sheep
           Table "sheep"
     Column  | Type | Modifiers
    ---------+------+-----------
     chicken | text |
    Indexes: goat

    test=> \d goat
      Index "goat"
     Column  | Type
    ---------+------
     chicken | text
    btree


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> Hi,
>
> During testing of new revision control code in pgAdmin II, I've found that
> renaming an indexed column in a table does not automatically update the
> index column name in pg_attribute. pg_get_indexdef does return the correct
> definition however:
>
> helpdesk=# CREATE TABLE sheep (cow text);
> CREATE
> helpdesk=# CREATE INDEX goat ON sheep (cow);
> CREATE
> helpdesk=# \d goat
>    Index "goat"
>  Attribute | Type
> -----------+------
>  cow       | text
> btree
>
> (END)
> helpdesk=# ALTER TABLE sheep RENAME cow TO chicken;
> ALTER
> helpdesk=# \d sheep
>         Table "sheep"
>  Attribute | Type | Modifier
> -----------+------+----------
>  chicken   | text |
> Index: goat
>
> (END)
> helpdesk=# \d goat
>    Index "goat"
>  Attribute | Type
> -----------+------
>  cow       | text
> btree
>
> (END)
> helpdesk=# SELECT pg_get_indexdef((SELECT oid FROM pg_class WHERE relname =
> 'goat'));
>                       pg_get_indexdef
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>  CREATE INDEX goat ON sheep USING btree (chicken text_ops)
> (1 row)
>
> (END)
>
> (Please CC any replies as I'm not on this list)
>
> Regards, Dave.
>
> --
> Dave Page (dpage@postgresql.org)
> http://pgadmin.postgresql.org/
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