Sait Talha Nisanci <Sait.Nisanci@microsoft.com> writes:
>> We should probably do
HASH_ENTER<https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/1509c6fc29c07d13c9a590fbd6f37c7576f58ba6/src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c#L1974>
onlyafter we have a valid entry so that we don't end up with a NULL entry in the cache even if an intermediate error
happens.I will share a fix in this thread soon.
> I am attaching this patch.
I see the hazard, but this seems like an expensive way to fix it,
as it forces two hash searches for every insertion. Couldn't we just
teach record_type_typmod_compare to say "not equal" if it sees a
null tupdesc?
regards, tom lane
