diff --git a/src/backend/commands/command.c b/src/backend/commands/command.c
index bb77fdf11f..7c5d4edd8d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/command.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/command.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/Attic/command.c,v 1.84 2000/07/05 12:45:25 wieck Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/Attic/command.c,v 1.85 2000/07/05 13:22:23 wieck Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  The PerformAddAttribute() code, like most of the relation
@@ -471,6 +471,13 @@ AlterTableAddColumn(const char *relationName,
 	heap_freetuple(reltup);
 
 	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Automatically create the secondary relation for TOAST
+	 * if it formerly had no such but now has toastable attributes.
+	 */
+	CommandCounterIncrement();
+	AlterTableCreateToastTable(relationName, true);
 }
 
 
@@ -1255,6 +1262,7 @@ AlterTableCreateToastTable(const char *relationName, bool silent)
 		{
 			heap_close(rel, NoLock);
 			heap_close(class_rel, NoLock);
+			heap_freetuple(reltup);
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -1276,8 +1284,18 @@ AlterTableCreateToastTable(const char *relationName, bool silent)
 	}
 
 	if (((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(reltup))->reltoastrelid != InvalidOid)
+	{
+	    if (silent)
+		{
+			heap_close(rel, NoLock);
+			heap_close(class_rel, NoLock);
+			heap_freetuple(reltup);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		elog(ERROR, "ALTER TABLE: relation \"%s\" already has a toast table",
 				relationName);
+    }
 
 	/*
 	 * Create the toast table and its index
@@ -1348,6 +1366,8 @@ AlterTableCreateToastTable(const char *relationName, bool silent)
 
 	heap_close(class_rel, NoLock);
 	heap_close(rel, NoLock);
+
+	CommandCounterIncrement();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
index 7492c7ae2f..c707315081 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execMain.c,v 1.119 2000/07/04 06:11:33 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execMain.c,v 1.120 2000/07/05 13:22:25 wieck Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include "access/heapam.h"
 #include "catalog/heap.h"
+#include "commands/command.h"
 #include "commands/trigger.h"
 #include "executor/execdebug.h"
 #include "executor/execdefs.h"
@@ -892,6 +893,11 @@ InitPlan(CmdType operation, Query *parseTree, Plan *plan, EState *estate)
 				 */
 				CommandCounterIncrement();
 
+				/*
+				 * Eventually create a TOAST table for the into relation
+				 */
+				AlterTableCreateToastTable(intoName, true);
+
 				intoRelationDesc = heap_open(intoRelationId,
 											 AccessExclusiveLock);
 			}