On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:40 AM, Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com> wrote:
> This patch also allows access to view columns that aren't in the
> underlying base relation. The rationale for the result in the new test
> case where it attempts to insert (1,'y') into columns (aa,bb) of the
> view is that the new view row that would have resulted if the insert
> had succeeded is ('y',1,(1,'y')), hence that's what excluded.* should
> be for the view in the "on conflict" action, and there should be no
> problem referring to any part of that excluded view tuple.
I agree with your rationale. And, I don't think that it's just a
theoretical point; it actually really matters to affected users.
--
Peter Geoghegan
