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…0657 Removing a parent from 'Inherited from' removed its columns from the Columns tab, but only NO INHERIT was run, which keeps them on the table as local columns, so they came back on reopening. Drop them as well, unless a remaining parent still provides them. Adding a parent to an existing table failed with "child table is missing column", as the parent's columns were skipped and INHERIT requires the table to have them. Add the parent's missing columns and CHECK constraints, using their definitions from the catalog, before INHERIT. The tree icon returned after saving was based on the table's properties from before the update, so it showed the previous inheritance. Use the table's state after the update instead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
WalkthroughTable inheritance updates now prepare required columns and CHECK constraints before adding parents. When a parent is removed, the update drops constraints and columns no longer supplied by remaining parents. The response also uses current table data to determine the table icon. ChangesTable inheritance updates
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to
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The directly linked issue #10657 covers removal of a parent and removal of its columns. This pull request also adds prerequisite columns, NOT NULL changes, generated columns, and CHECK constraints b… |
Move the added-parent prerequisite logic, CHECK-constraint handling, and post-save icon change to a separately linked issue and pull request, or link active issues that require them. Keep this pull request focused on the column-removal beha… |
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Check name Status Explanation Description Check Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. Title check The title accurately describes the main change: fixing inheritance changes for an existing table. It is specific enough for a teammate to understand the purpose of the pull request. Linked Issues check Issue #10657requires removed inherited columns to be dropped afterNO INHERIT, while columns supplied by a remaining parent must stay.utils.pynow computes columns supplied by remaining parents …Full details: Linked Issues check
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#10657requires removed inherited columns to be dropped afterNO INHERIT, while columns supplied by a remaining parent must stay.utils.pynow computes columns supplied by remaining parents and addsDROP COLUMNonly when no remaining parent supplies the column. The update template places removal SQL before column SQL, andtest_table_inherits_columns.pycovers the only-parent and shared-column cases, including the returned icon.
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#10657covers removal of a parent and removal of its columns. This pull request also adds prerequisite columns,NOT NULLchanges, generated columns, and CHECK constraints before adding a parent; drops CHECK constraints during parent removal; and changes the post-save tree icon. These behaviors are not required by#10657. The added-parent behavior is tested intest_table_inherits_columns.py.Resolution
Move the added-parent prerequisite logic, CHECK-constraint handling, and post-save icon change to a separately linked issue and pull request, or link active issues that require them. Keep this pull request focused on the column-removal behavior required by
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- Around line 46-48: Track CHECK constraints added by the inherit_checks
prerequisite flow and remove each local prerequisite when no remaining parent or
local definition requires it, so removing a parent does not leave its CHECK
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- Around line 20-23: Update the missing inherited columns query so it also
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- Around line 3-8: Update the query selecting missing inherited columns to
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…en changing a table's parents. pgadmin-org#10657 Adding a parent created its generated columns as ordinary columns and left a column the table already has nullable when the parent's is NOT NULL, and PostgreSQL rejects INHERIT in both cases. Add generated columns with their expression, after the columns it uses, and set NOT NULL on such existing columns before INHERIT. Removing a parent left its CHECK constraints on the table, as NO INHERIT keeps them as local constraints. Drop the ones that no remaining parent also has, as is done for the parent's columns. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟠 Major · Preserve child-local columns when removing a parent. · utils.py:1345-1357
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winPreserve child-local columns when removing a parent.
The column metadata query matches parent columns to child columns by name and does not inspect the child column's
attislocalvalue. Therefore, a child-localidthat has the same name as a removed parent'sidreceives that parent'sinheritedid. The dialog sends it incolumns.deleted, and_check_for_column_deleteemitsDROP COLUMN. PostgreSQL then removes the child-owned column and its stored values.Keep the existing drop behavior for parent-only columns, but skip the drop when the column is locally declared on the child.
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| {% for col in inherit_columns %} | ||
| {% if col.is_missing %} | ||
| ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS {{conn|qtIdent(data.schema, data.name)}} | ||
| ADD COLUMN {{conn|qtIdent(col.name)}} {{col.displaytypname}}{% if col.collspcname %} COLLATE {{col.collspcname}}{% endif %}{% if col.attnotnull %} NOT NULL{% endif %}{% if col.genexpr %} GENERATED ALWAYS AS ({{col.genexpr}}) STORED{% endif %}; |
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Handle existing rows before adding a required column.
If the child has rows and a new parent supplies a missing NOT NULL column, ADD COLUMN ... NOT NULL fails because the existing rows receive NULL. This also blocks Save when the parent has a default that could populate the column. Use an applicable default or backfill before setting NOT NULL, or make the unsupported case explicit before generating SQL. Apply the same fix to 15_plus/update.sql. (postgresql.org)
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Update the table update SQL template’s ADD COLUMN generation so existing rows
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| ADD COLUMN {{conn|qtIdent(col.name)}} {{col.displaytypname}}{% if col.collspcname %} COLLATE {{col.collspcname}}{% endif %}{% if col.attnotnull %} NOT NULL{% endif %}{% if col.genexpr %} GENERATED ALWAYS AS ({{col.genexpr}}) STORED{% endif %}; | ||
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| ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS {{conn|qtIdent(data.schema, data.name)}} | ||
| ALTER COLUMN {{conn|qtIdent(col.name)}} SET NOT NULL; |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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Drop the explicit NOT NULL when A was the last requiring parent.
When parent A requires x NOT NULL and remaining parent B supplies x but permits NULL, the prerequisite query selects the existing nullable child column and update.sql emits ALTER COLUMN x SET NOT NULL before INHERIT A.
When A is removed, the dialog removes the column row associated with A. _get_still_inherited_columns still contains x from B, so _check_for_column_delete correctly avoids dropping the column. The removal template emits only NO INHERIT A; PostgreSQL does not remove the explicit child NOT NULL. The child therefore rejects later NULL writes that B permits.
Track columns changed from nullable to NOT NULL by this operation. When their last requiring parent is removed, emit DROP NOT NULL unless a local requirement still needs the constraint. Apply the same correction to 15_plus/update.sql.
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Fixes #10657. Changing "Inherited from" on an existing table in the table dialog did not match what was saved:
NO INHERIT. PostgreSQL keeps those columns on the child as local columns, so they came back, editable, when the dialog was reopened.child table is missing column "id".Root Cause
bdb652b77), reopened inherited columns carryinheritedid, so the dialog's removal (table.ui.js:703) now takes them out of the grid and sends them ascolumns.deleted._check_for_column_delete()skipsDROP COLUMNfor any deleted column withinheritedfromset, so onlyNO INHERITwas emitted._check_for_column_add()(tables/utils.py:1516) skips new columns marked as inherited, leaving onlyALTER TABLE ... INHERIT parent. PostgreSQL requires the child to already have all of the parent's columns (with the same type, typmod, collation and NOT NULL) and its inheritable CHECK constraints beforeINHERIT.update()built the icon fromres['rows'][0], which holds the table's properties fetched before the update ran.Fix
tables/utils.py:1290, new_get_still_inherited_columns(): when parents are removed, returns the names of the columns that the parents still in "Inherited from" provide.tables/utils.py:1330,_check_for_column_delete(): a deleted inherited column is now dropped when no remaining parent provides it. A column merged from several parents is kept as long as one of them remains; dropping it would fail withcannot drop inherited column.NO INHERITis rendered before the column SQL, so the drop runs after the column is no longer inherited.tables/utils.py:1307, new_get_inherit_prerequisites(): when parents are added, finds the parents' columns and inheritable CHECK constraints that the table doesn't have yet, using two new catalog queries:templates/tables/sql/default/get_missing_inherited_columns.sql: the type comes fromformat_type(atttypid, atttypmod); collation and NOT NULL are copied too.templates/tables/sql/default/get_missing_inherited_checks.sql: definitions come frompg_get_constraintdef().The dialog only sends a basic type (e.g.
character varying, notvarchar(10)), whichINHERITwould reject, so the definitions come from the catalog.templates/tables/sql/default/update.sql:32andtemplates/tables/sql/15_plus/update.sql:40: emitADD COLUMN/ADD CONSTRAINTfor those just beforeINHERIT.tables/utils.py:1836,update(): the icon is now built fromnodes.sqlfor the table after the update (looked up in its current schema), the same query the tree uses.Known limitations:
INHERITdon't get the parent's column defaults.INHERITdoesn't require them, and copying anextval()default would consume the parent's sequence.attislocal): these are dropped along with the removed parent's columns, because the dialog shows them as plain inherited columns.Test Plan
tables/tests/test_table_inherits_columns.py(msql + PUT, then checkspg_attribute,pg_inheritsand the returned node icon): 5 passed on PostgreSQL 16.icon-table.icon-table-inherits.varchar(10) NOT NULL,COLLATE "C"and a CHECK constraint adds all of them beforeINHERIT, and the table inherits.NO INHERIT/ onlyINHERITin the SQL, and with the icons swapped.python regression/runtests.py --pkg browser.server_groups.servers.databases.schemas.tables: 522 passed, 0 failed (49 skipped: EPAS-only compound triggers and PostGIS).python regression/runtests.py --pkg tools.schema_diff: 9 passed, 0 failed.pycodestyle --config=.pycodestyleon the changed Python files: clean.CREATE TABLE parent (id bigint, name "char"); CREATE TABLE child (model "char") INHERITS (parent);childand removepublic.parentfrom "Inherited from".NO INHERITfollowed byDROP COLUMN IF EXISTS idandDROP COLUMN IF EXISTS name.modelremains, and the tree icon loses the inherits arrow.child, addpublic.parentto "Inherited from".ADD COLUMN id bigintandADD COLUMN name "char"beforeINHERIT public.parent.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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