# ALTER TABLE - Add and remove inheritance with concurrent reads setup { CREATE TABLE p (a integer); INSERT INTO p VALUES(1); CREATE TABLE c1 () INHERITS (p); INSERT INTO c1 VALUES(10); CREATE TABLE c2 (a integer); INSERT INTO c2 VALUES(100); } teardown { DROP TABLE IF EXISTS c1, c2, p; } session s1 step s1b { BEGIN; } step s1delc1 { ALTER TABLE c1 NO INHERIT p; } step s1modc1a { ALTER TABLE c1 ALTER COLUMN a TYPE float; } step s1addc2 { ALTER TABLE c2 INHERIT p; } step s1dropc1 { DROP TABLE c1; } step s1c { COMMIT; } session s2 step s2sel { SELECT SUM(a) FROM p; } # NO INHERIT will not be visible to concurrent select, # since we identify children before locking them permutation s1b s1delc1 s2sel s1c s2sel # adding inheritance likewise is not seen if s1 commits after s2 locks p permutation s1b s1delc1 s1addc2 s2sel s1c s2sel # but we do cope with DROP on a child table permutation s1b s1dropc1 s2sel s1c s2sel # this case currently results in an error; doesn't seem worth preventing permutation s1b s1delc1 s1modc1a s2sel s1c s2sel