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Explain query

From
Bartosz Dmytrak
Date:
Hi,
I faced strange problem (strange for me):
I have written code:

WITH t as (
INSERT INTO "tblD1" (id, "Data1")
VALUES ('a', 123)
RETURNING *)

UPDATE "tblBase"
SET "SomeData" = 123
WHERE id = 'a';


this code operates on simple tables:
CREATE TABLE "tblBase"(
  id text NOT NULL,
  "SomeData" integer,
  CONSTRAINT "tblBase_pkey" PRIMARY KEY (id )
)
WITH (OIDS=FALSE);

and

CREATE TABLE "tblD1" (
  id text NOT NULL,
  "Data1" integer,
  ser serial NOT NULL,
  CONSTRAINT "tblD1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY (id ),
  CONSTRAINT "tblD1_id_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (id)
      REFERENCES "tblBase" (id) MATCH FULL
      ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
)
WITH (OIDS=FALSE);

in table "tblBase" two record exist:

id ; "SomeData"
'3';345
'a';1

i tried to use Explain query functionality and then I received a message:
Query result with 0 rows will be returned.
ERROR:  cache lookup failed for attribute 3 of relation 38264
********** Error **********
ERROR: cache lookup failed for attribute 3 of relation 38264
SQL state: XX000

interesting thing is that execution of this code works as expected, also EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYZE gives proper response:
eg. EXPLAIN:
'Update on "tblBase"  (cost=0.01..1.04 rows=1 width=38)'
'  CTE t'
'    ->  Insert on "tblD1"  (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=0)'
'          ->  Result  (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=0)'
'  ->  Seq Scan on "tblBase"  (cost=0.00..1.02 rows=1 width=38)'
'        Filter: (id = 'a'::text)'

I am not sure this is pgAdmin issue, but I think it is good start point.

SELECT relname FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 38264;
gives "tblBase"

pg log lines look like this:
2012-04-18 22:44:25 CEST|myDatabase|postgres|pgAdmin III - Query Tool|myHost(59562)|6828LOG:  statement: EXPLAIN (ANALYZE off, VERBOSE on, COSTS on, BUFFERS off )WITH t as (
INSERT INTO "tblDerived1" (id, "Data1")
VALUES ('a', 123)
RETURNING *)
UPDATE "tblBase"
SET "SomeData" = (SELECT ser FROM t)
WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM t)
2012-04-18 22:44:25 CEST|myDatabase|postgres|pgAdmin III - Query Tool|myHost(59562)|6828ERROR:  cache lookup failed for attribute 3 of relation 38264
2012-04-18 22:44:25 CEST|myDatabase|postgres|pgAdmin III - Query Tool|myHost(59562)|6828STATEMENT:  EXPLAIN (ANALYZE off, VERBOSE on, COSTS on, BUFFERS off )WITH t as (
INSERT INTO "tblDerived1" (id, "Data1")
VALUES ('a', 123)
RETURNING *)
UPDATE "tblBase"
SET "SomeData" = (SELECT ser FROM t)
WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM t)

I think maybe VERBOSE option is a problem, but not sure.

environment:
pgAdmin 1.14.2 (Mandriva Linux 64 bit)
PostgreSQL 9.1.3 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46), 64-bit


Thanks in advance for any help. 

Regards,
Bartek

Re: Explain query

From
Guillaume Lelarge
Date:
On Wed, 2012-04-18 at 22:51 +0200, Bartosz Dmytrak wrote:
> Hi,
> I faced strange problem (strange for me):
> I have written code:
> 
> WITH t as (
> INSERT INTO "tblD1" (id, "Data1")
>  VALUES ('a', 123)
> RETURNING *)
> 
> UPDATE "tblBase"
> SET "SomeData" = 123
> WHERE id = 'a';
> 
> 
> this code operates on simple tables:
> CREATE TABLE "tblBase"(
>   id text NOT NULL,
>   "SomeData" integer,
>   CONSTRAINT "tblBase_pkey" PRIMARY KEY (id )
> )
> WITH (OIDS=FALSE);
> 
> and
> 
> CREATE TABLE "tblD1" (
>   id text NOT NULL,
>   "Data1" integer,
>   ser serial NOT NULL,
>   CONSTRAINT "tblD1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY (id ),
>   CONSTRAINT "tblD1_id_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (id)
>       REFERENCES "tblBase" (id) MATCH FULL
>       ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED
> )
> WITH (OIDS=FALSE);
> 
> in table "tblBase" two record exist:
> 
> id ; "SomeData"
> '3';345
> 'a';1
> 
> i tried to use Explain query functionality and then I received a message:
> Query result with 0 rows will be returned.
> ERROR:  cache lookup failed for attribute 3 of relation 38264
> ********** Error **********
> ERROR: cache lookup failed for attribute 3 of relation 38264
> SQL state: XX000
> 
> interesting thing is that execution of this code works as expected, also
> EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYZE gives proper response:
> eg. EXPLAIN:
> 'Update on "tblBase"  (cost=0.01..1.04 rows=1 width=38)'
> '  CTE t'
> '    ->  Insert on "tblD1"  (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=0)'
> '          ->  Result  (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=0)'
> '  ->  Seq Scan on "tblBase"  (cost=0.00..1.02 rows=1 width=38)'
> '        Filter: (id = 'a'::text)'
> 
> I am not sure this is pgAdmin issue, but I think it is good start point.
> 
> SELECT relname FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 38264;
> gives "tblBase"
> 
> pg log lines look like this:
> 2012-04-18 22:44:25 CEST|myDatabase|postgres|pgAdmin III - Query
> Tool|myHost(59562)|6828LOG:  statement: EXPLAIN (ANALYZE off, VERBOSE on,
> COSTS on, BUFFERS off )WITH t as (
>  INSERT INTO "tblDerived1" (id, "Data1")
> VALUES ('a', 123)
>  RETURNING *)
>  UPDATE "tblBase"
> SET "SomeData" = (SELECT ser FROM t)
>  WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM t)
>  2012-04-18 22:44:25 CEST|myDatabase|postgres|pgAdmin III - Query
> Tool|myHost(59562)|6828ERROR:  cache lookup failed for attribute 3 of
> relation 38264
> 2012-04-18 22:44:25 CEST|myDatabase|postgres|pgAdmin III - Query
> Tool|myHost(59562)|6828STATEMENT:  EXPLAIN (ANALYZE off, VERBOSE on, COSTS
> on, BUFFERS off )WITH t as (
>  INSERT INTO "tblDerived1" (id, "Data1")
> VALUES ('a', 123)
>  RETURNING *)
>  UPDATE "tblBase"
> SET "SomeData" = (SELECT ser FROM t)
>  WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM t)
> 
> I think maybe VERBOSE option is a problem, but not sure.
> 
> environment:
> pgAdmin 1.14.2 (Mandriva Linux 64 bit)
> PostgreSQL 9.1.3 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.1.2
> 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46), 64-bit
> 

I tried on PostgreSQL 9.2dev, and I get the same error without using
pgAdmin. So the problem is within PostgreSQL, not pgAdmin. I only have
the error if I use the VERBOSE option. EXPLAIN, and EXPLAIN ANALYZE
without verbose work great. So I guess you should complain on
pgsql-general.

BTW, your query is kinda weird to me. You declare a CTE named t that you
do not use. And it still gets executed. Kinda puzzling.


-- 
Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
http://www.dalibo.com

Re: Explain query

From
Bartosz Dmytrak
Date:

2012/4/20 Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
I tried on PostgreSQL 9.2dev, and I get the same error without using
pgAdmin. So the problem is within PostgreSQL, not pgAdmin. I only have
the error if I use the VERBOSE option. EXPLAIN, and EXPLAIN ANALYZE
without verbose work great. So I guess you should complain on
pgsql-general.
sure - thanks for Your time.

BTW, your query is kinda weird to me. You declare a CTE named t that you
do not use. And it still gets executed. Kinda puzzling.

this was only POC, I am going to use CTE (t) with update, but I faced this problem and then I simplified the query as much as possible. 

Regards,
Bartek 

Re: Explain query

From
Guillaume Lelarge
Date:
On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 22:10 +0200, Bartosz Dmytrak wrote:
> 
> 2012/4/20 Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
>         I tried on PostgreSQL 9.2dev, and I get the same error without
>         using
>         pgAdmin. So the problem is within PostgreSQL, not pgAdmin. I
>         only have
>         the error if I use the VERBOSE option. EXPLAIN, and EXPLAIN
>         ANALYZE
>         without verbose work great. So I guess you should complain on
>         pgsql-general.
> sure - thanks for Your time.
>         

I've read your post on pgsql-general. I'm interested to see the answers.
I might learn something new, which is cool :)


-- 
Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
http://www.dalibo.com