Interesting bug in tablespaces

This has been fixed in current CVS.

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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

There is a confusing bug in tablespaces. Here is examples:

OK, let's create a table with the 3 possible tablespaces of indexes:

test=# create table test(a int4) tablespace loc;
CREATE TABLE
test=# create unique index test_a_idx on test(a);
CREATE INDEX
test=# create unique index test_a_idx2 on test(a) tablespace loc;
CREATE INDEX
test=# create unique index test_a_idx3 on test(a) tablespace pg_default;
CREATE INDEX
test=# \d test
Table "public.test"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------+---------+-----------
a | integer |
Indexes:
"test_a_idx" UNIQUE, btree (a)
"test_a_idx2" UNIQUE, btree (a)
"test_a_idx3" UNIQUE, btree (a)
Tablespace: "loc"

test=# select relname, reltablespace from pg_class where relname like
'test%';
relname | reltablespace
-------------+---------------
test | 17229
test_a_idx | 17229
test_a_idx2 | 17229
test_a_idx3 | 0
(4 rows)

Note that psql (and pg_dump) will (because of pg_get_indexdef()) think
that test_a_idx3 is in tablespace 'loc', even though it's in tablespace
'pg_default'.

Now, let's make it worse:

test=# alter table test set tablespace loc2;
ALTER TABLE
test=# \d test
Table "public.test"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------+---------+-----------
a | integer |
Indexes:
"test_a_idx" UNIQUE, btree (a) TABLESPACE loc
"test_a_idx2" UNIQUE, btree (a) TABLESPACE loc
"test_a_idx3" UNIQUE, btree (a)
Tablespace: "loc2"

test=# select relname, reltablespace from pg_class where relname like
'test%';
relname | reltablespace
-------------+---------------
test | 17279
test_a_idx | 17229
test_a_idx2 | 17229
test_a_idx3 | 0
(4 rows)

Now, it thinks test_a_idx3 is in loc2. pg_dump will dump it like that
as well, so when it's restored, test_a_idx3 will be recreated in loc2.

Chris

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