Re: Fixing findDependentObjects()'s dependency on scan order (regressions in DROP diagnostic messages) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Fixing findDependentObjects()'s dependency on scan order (regressions in DROP diagnostic messages)
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Msg-id 29689.1549672900@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Fixing findDependentObjects()'s dependency on scan order(regressions in DROP diagnostic messages)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Fixing findDependentObjects()'s dependency on scan order(regressions in DROP diagnostic messages)  (Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2019-Feb-08, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Also, I came across some coding in CloneFkReferencing() that looks fishy
>> as hell: that function imagines that it can delete an existing trigger
>> with nothing more than a summary CatalogTupleDelete().  I didn't do
>> anything about that here, but if it's not broken, I'd like to see an
>> explanation why not.  I added a comment complaining about the lack of
>> pg_depend cleanup, and there's also the question of whether we don't
>> need to broadcast a relcache inval for the trigger's table.

> Oops, this is new code in 0464fdf07f69 (Jan 21st).  Unless you object,
> I'll study a fix for this now, to avoid letting it appear in the minor
> next week.

+1.  The best solution would presumably be to go through the normal
object deletion mechanism; though possibly there's a reason that
won't work given you're already inside some other DDL.

            regards, tom lane


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