pgsql: Fix StoreCatalogInheritance1 to use 32bit inhseqno - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject pgsql: Fix StoreCatalogInheritance1 to use 32bit inhseqno
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Msg-id E1ecWZK-0005SK-Ob@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix StoreCatalogInheritance1 to use 32bit inhseqno

For no apparent reason, this function was using a 16bit-wide inhseqno
value, rather than the correct 32 bit width which is what is stored in
the pg_inherits catalog.  This becomes evident if you try to create a
table with more than 65535 parents, because this error appears:

ERROR:  duplicate key value violates unique constraint «pg_inherits_relid_seqno_index»
DETAIL:  Key (inhrelid, inhseqno)=(329371, 0) already exists.

Needless to say, having so many parents is an uncommon situations, which
explains why this error has never been reported despite being having
been introduced with the Postgres95 1.01 sources in commit d31084e9d111:
https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob;f=src/backend/commands/creatinh.c;hb=d31084e9d111#l349

Backpatch all the way back.

David Rowley noticed this while reviewing a patch of mine.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKJS1f8Dn7swSEhOWwzZzssW7747YB=2Hi+T7uGud40dur69-g@mail.gmail.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/1ef61ddce9086c30a18a6ecc48bc3ce0ef62cb39

Modified Files
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src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


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