Re: Odd behavior observed

From: Marc Evans <Marc(at)SoftwareHackery(dot)Com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Odd behavior observed
Date: 2006-09-19 17:13:11
Message-ID: 20060919131207.U27583@me.softwarehackery.com
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Tom Lane wrote:

> Marc Evans <Marc(at)SoftwareHackery(dot)Com> writes:
>> ... I have a table with about 15000 records in it, which I
>> would like to add a new column to. The alter command shows success.
>> However, testing inserts reveals that the data for the new column is never
>> stored.
>
> What do you mean by that exactly? The example you showed seems to be
> doing just what it's supposed to.

In the failure mode, the source_record column always has the value NULL,
regardless of any value specified in an insert. If I use UPDATE to change
a record, the value is properly stored.

- Marc

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