Re: prepare-alter-exec issue - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: prepare-alter-exec issue
Date
Msg-id 200604270241.k3R2fmU00354@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: prepare-alter-exec issue  (Dhanaraj <Dhanaraj.M@Sun.COM>)
List pgsql-bugs
Added to TODO:

    * Invalidate prepared queries, like INSERT, when the table definition
      is altered


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Dhanaraj wrote:
> The same bug was filed already in the end of Nov.
>
> There are two ways to fix this.
>
> 1) After altering the table, prepare buffer should be cleared
> or
> 2) The prepare stmt should be updated whenever alter query is executed.
>
> I hope that this bug will be fixed in the next version..
>
> Regards
> Dhanaraj
> Qingqing Zhou wrote:
> > I encounter a server(8.1.1) problem like this:
> >
> >     create table tt(id int);
> >     prepare p1(int) as insert into tt values($1);
> >     execute p1(3);
> >     alter table tt alter id type char(10);
> >     execute p1(9999999);
> >     select * from tt;
> >     ^ server core dumps here
> >
> > Command "execute p1(9999999)" works because the prepared plan still treat
> > 9999999 as an integer, but "select * from tt" causes core dump because it
> > treats the attribute as type varlena char - so 9999999 becomes the varlen.
> >
> > This might be a known issue, but seems not mentioned in the document:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-prepare.html
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Qingqing
> >
> >
> >
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