Schema Diff: complete the SERIAL/integer column conversion script - #10318
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…admin-org#10292) Schema Diff compares a SERIAL column by reprojecting it onto the SERIAL pseudo-type, which implies its nextval() default rather than stating it, so the reprojection empties the default before comparison. Once a column genuinely differs in "serialness" from its counterpart, that emptied default was all update.sql had to work from, so converting a plain column to SERIAL produced a script that changed the type and created the owned sequence but never set the column's DEFAULT, leaving the column unusable as a SERIAL. BaseTableView._normalise_serial_column() now distinguishes three cases instead of one: both sides SERIAL (unchanged, drop the emptied default only), becoming SERIAL (recreate the sequence from the default preserved under the new 'serial_defval' key and restore the default once the sequence exists), and leaving SERIAL (drop the default before dropping the now-unused sequence, since PostgreSQL refuses to drop a sequence a column's default still references). update.sql renders the new CREATE/DROP SEQUENCE statements around the existing DEFAULT handling in the right order for both directions, self-contained within the column's own diff so it doesn't depend on Schema Diff's separate, unordered sequence-object comparison. The "leaving SERIAL" case is guarded to require an explicit 'cltype' in the payload, since the same normalisation runs for the ordinary column PUT, where a partial update that only changes a comment or a privilege on an already-SERIAL column carries no 'cltype' at all and must be left alone.
WalkthroughSchema Diff now preserves reprojected SERIAL defaults, creates and owns sequences during integer-to-SERIAL conversions, and drops sequences after removing SERIAL defaults. Unit and integration tests cover both conversion directions and partial updates. ChangesSERIAL conversion handling
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Serial-column conversions can fail for valid sequence names and may reassign ownership of an unrelated existing sequence, causing incorrect or destructive schema changes. The PR is not merge-ready until both cases are addressed. Possibly related PRs
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`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/columns/utils.py`:
- Around line 312-313: Update parse_nextval_sequence to decode PostgreSQL
string-literal escaping in the matched regclass value before returning the
sequence identifier, preserving identifiers containing escaped single quotes
such as public."id'seq". Add a regression test covering this escaped-quote case
and verify the returned identifier matches the sequence name used by the DDL.
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`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/16_plus/update.sql`:
- Around line 24-40: Remove IF NOT EXISTS from the CREATE SEQUENCE statements in
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/16_plus/update.sql
lines 24-40 and
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/default/update.sql
lines 24-40. Keep the subsequent ALTER SEQUENCE ownership logic unchanged so
conflicting sequence names cause the script to stop before reassigning
ownership.
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| match = re.match(r"nextval\('(.+)'::regclass\)$", defval) | ||
| return match.group(1) if match else None |
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import re
pattern = re.compile(r"nextval\('(.+)'::regclass\)$")
values = [
"nextval('public.t_id_seq'::regclass)",
"nextval('public.\"id''seq\"'::regclass)",
"nextval('public.my''seq'::regclass)",
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printf '%s\n' '--- sequence templates ---'
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PostgreSQL pg_get_expr nextval regclass sequence name embedded single quote doubled string literal
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When you use pg_get_expr to retrieve the default expression for a column (e.g., nextval('seq_name'::regclass)), PostgreSQL returns the expression as a text string that adheres to standard SQL string literal rules [1][2]. If the sequence name contains special characters, such as a single quote (e.g., a sequence named 'my''seq'), PostgreSQL represents the single quote by doubling it (e.g., 'my''''seq') within the resulting string [3]. To robustly parse the sequence name from the output of pg_get_expr, you must account for this doubled single quote behavior. Common approaches include: 1. Regex Extraction: You can use a regular expression to capture the content inside the nextval function call. Because the sequence name itself is wrapped in single quotes within the function call, you must handle the escaped (doubled) quotes if your regex is not specifically designed to ignore them. A common pattern used to extract the sequence name from the string nextval('...'::regclass) is: substring(pg_get_expr(adbin, adrelid) from 'nextval(''([^'']*)''::regclass)') [4][5]. 2. Handling Case Sensitivity: Note that the regclass type automatically handles case-folding and double-quoting rules [6]. If the sequence was created with double quotes (e.g., "MySeq"), the output of pg_get_expr will preserve those double quotes inside the single-quoted string (e.g., nextval('"MySeq"'::regclass)) [6][7]. Your parsing logic should be prepared for both simple names and schema-qualified names containing these elements [6][2]. When dealing with these strings in SQL, remember that SQL string literals themselves require single quotes to be doubled [3]. If you are writing a query to match the output of pg_get_expr, you will likely need to use dollar quoting (
Citations:
- 1: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44268406/how-to-match-id-field-with-its-sequence
- 2: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/0fd15744721c4d64ae0373429e687e80%40intershop.de
- 3: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html
- 4: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/DBAP191MB1289E9989C9F934FC4E54979B0DA9%40DBAP191MB1289.EURP191.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
- 5: https://postgrespro.com/list/id/12c3078e-c980-5446-ff3e-7b6545587cf7@4js.com
- 6: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/functions-sequence.html
- 7: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/bd227041-d01b-e1c3-3103-cadf16bd670c%404js.com
- 8: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAB-JLwbwKi6q_fG7ByGRJe-L%2Bm9Nx%2BWHiTP0qhEw7qKzv37QQA%40mail.gmail.com
Decode the regclass string literal before returning the sequence identifier.
parse_nextval_sequence preserves doubled single quotes. This produces an incorrect identifier for valid sequence names such as public."id'seq", which the sequence DDL uses verbatim. Decode PostgreSQL string-literal escaping and add a regression test for this case.
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/columns/utils.py`
around lines 312 - 313, Update parse_nextval_sequence to decode PostgreSQL
string-literal escaping in the matched regclass value before returning the
sequence identifier, preserving identifiers containing escaped single quotes
such as public."id'seq". Add a regression test covering this escaped-quote case
and verify the returned identifier matches the sequence name used by the DDL.
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| {% if data.serial_seq_create is defined %} | ||
| CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS {{data.serial_seq_create.name}}{% if data.serial_seq_create.cycled %} | ||
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| MAXVALUE {{data.serial_seq_create.maximum|int}}{% endif %}{% if data.serial_seq_create.cache is not none %} | ||
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| ALTER SEQUENCE {{data.serial_seq_create.name}} | ||
| OWNED BY {{conn|qtIdent(data.schema)}}.{{conn|qtIdent(data.table)}}.{% if data.name %}{{conn|qtIdent(data.name)}}{% else %}{{conn|qtIdent(o_data.name)}}{% endif %}; |
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PostgreSQL CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS existing relation does not ensure it is a sequence ALTER SEQUENCE OWNED BY behavior official documentation
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The PostgreSQL CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS command does not verify that an existing relation with the same name is actually a sequence [1][2][3]. According to official documentation, if a relation with the specified name already exists, the command simply issues a notice and does nothing; it provides no guarantee that the existing object is compatible with or even of the same type as the sequence that would have been created [1][2][4]. Regarding the ALTER SEQUENCE OWNED BY behavior, this command associates a sequence with a specific table column, ensuring that if the column or its table is dropped, the sequence is automatically dropped as well [5][6][7]. Unlike other ALTER SEQUENCE parameters that may require rewriting the sequence's relation (which can affect its relfilenode), the OWNED BY option performs only ordinary catalog updates [8]. This distinction is significant for internal operations like pg_upgrade, as it allows the sequence association to be modified without forcing unnecessary changes to the underlying sequence relation itself [8]. The OWNED BY association replaces any previously existing association for that sequence [5][6][9].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createsequence.html
- 2: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/19/sql-createsequence.html
- 3: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-createsequence.html
- 4: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/sql-createsequence.html
- 5: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-altersequence.html
- 6: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/19/sql-altersequence.html
- 7: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-altersequence.html
- 8: https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/a475e46634dc7abde1d5a6fc7aaa708219383004
- 9: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-altersequence.html
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python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import re
files = [
Path("web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/16_plus/update.sql"),
Path("web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/default/update.sql"),
]
for path in files:
text = path.read_text()
create = re.search(
r"CREATE SEQUENCE (IF NOT EXISTS )?\{\{data\.serial_seq_create\.name\}\}",
text,
)
alter = re.search(
r"ALTER SEQUENCE \{\{data\.serial_seq_create\.name\}\}\s+"
r"OWNED BY .*?;",
text,
re.S,
)
assert create, f"missing CREATE statement in {path}"
assert alter, f"missing ALTER statement in {path}"
print(path)
print(" create_clause:", create.group(0))
print(" unconditional_alter_owned_by:", bool(alter))
print(" same_template_name:", create.group(0).endswith("{{data.serial_seq_create.name}}")
and "{{data.serial_seq_create.name}}" in alter.group(0))
# Representative SQL consequence of IF NOT EXISTS:
# Existing objects are not inspected by CREATE SEQUENCE, so the following
# ALTER statement still targets the pre-existing object by the same name.
name = "public.t_id_seq"
target = '"public"."target"."id"'
print("representative_existing_relation_path:")
print(f"CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS {name};")
print(f"ALTER SEQUENCE {name} OWNED BY {target};")
print("result: CREATE skips a same-named relation; ALTER then targets that relation")
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python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import re
files = [
Path("web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/16_plus/update.sql"),
Path("web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/default/update.sql"),
]
for path in files:
text = path.read_text()
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r"CREATE SEQUENCE (IF NOT EXISTS )?\{\{data\.serial_seq_create\.name\}\}",
text,
)
alter = re.search(
r"ALTER SEQUENCE \{\{data\.serial_seq_create\.name\}\}\s+"
r"OWNED BY .*?;",
text,
re.S,
)
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print(" same_template_name:", create.group(0).endswith("{{data.serial_seq_create.name}}")
and "{{data.serial_seq_create.name}}" in alter.group(0))
name = "public.t_id_seq"
target = '"public"."target"."id"'
print("representative_existing_relation_path:")
print(f"CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS {name};")
print(f"ALTER SEQUENCE {name} OWNED BY {target};")
print("result: CREATE skips a same-named relation; ALTER then targets that relation")
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Reject conflicting sequence names.
CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS can skip an unrelated existing relation. The following ALTER SEQUENCE ... OWNED BY can then reassign an unrelated sequence to the target column. Remove IF NOT EXISTS in both templates so the conflict stops the script before ownership changes.
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In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/16_plus/update.sql`
around lines 24 - 40, Remove IF NOT EXISTS from the CREATE SEQUENCE statements
in
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/16_plus/update.sql
lines 24-40 and
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/default/update.sql
lines 24-40. Keep the subsequent ALTER SEQUENCE ownership logic unchanged so
conflicting sequence names cause the script to stop before reassigning
ownership.
Source: MCP tools
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What this is
Schema Diff compares a SERIAL column by reprojecting it onto the SERIAL pseudo-type, which implies its
nextval()default rather than stating it, so the reprojection empties the default before comparison. Once a column genuinely differs in "serialness" from its counterpart, that emptied default was allupdate.sqlhad to work from, so converting a plain column to SERIAL produced a script that changed the type and created the owned sequence but never set the column'sDEFAULT, leaving the column unusable as a SERIAL (inserts omitting it failed on the target but succeeded on the source).The fix
BaseTableView._normalise_serial_column()now distinguishes three cases instead of one:serial_defvalkey, and restore the default once the sequence exists.update.sqlrenders the newCREATE/DROP SEQUENCEstatements around the existingDEFAULThandling in the right order for both directions, self-contained within the column's own diff so it doesn't depend on Schema Diff's separate, unordered sequence-object comparison.The "leaving SERIAL" case is guarded to require an explicit
cltypein the payload, since the same normalisation runs for the ordinary column PUT, where a partial update that only changes a comment or a privilege on an already-SERIAL column carries nocltypeat all and must be left alone.Testing
Added unit tests for
_normalise_serial_column()covering all four cases (including the partial-update regression guard), and an end-to-end Schema Diff test converting a column both directions, asserting correct statement ordering and that applying the script round-trips both tables to Identical.tools.schema_diffandbrowser.server_groups.servers.databases.schemas.tables(473 tests) pass against PostgreSQL 18;pycodestyleis clean.Fixes #10292.
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Bug Fixes
SERIAL,BIGSERIAL, andSMALLSERIALtypes.nextvaldefaults during serial-column updates.Tests