Just like selecting from a view is exploitable (CVE-2024-7348),
selecting from a table with virtual generated columns is exploitable.
Users who are concerned about this can avoid selecting from views, but
telling them to avoid selecting from tables is less practical.
To address this, this changes it so that generation expressions for
virtual generated columns are restricted to using built-in functions
and types, and the columns are restricted to having a built-in type.
We assume that built-in functions and types cannot be exploited for
this purpose.
In the future, this could be expanded by some new mechanism to declare
other functions and types as safe or trusted for this purpose, but
that is to be designed.
(An alternative approach might have been to expand the
restrict_nonsystem_relation_kind GUC to handle this, like the fix for
CVE-2024-7348. But that is kind of an ugly approach. That fix had to
fit in the constraints of fixing an ancient vulnerability in all
branches. Since virtual generated columns are new, we're free from
the constraints of the past, and we can and should use cleaner
options.)
Reported-by: Feike Steenbergen <feikesteenbergen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAK_s-G2Q7de8Q0qOYUR%3D_CTB5FzzVBm5iZjOp%2BmeVWpMpmfO0w%40mail.gmail.com
Protocol v4 introduces parallel streaming, which allows Stream Abort
messages to include additional abort information such as LSN and
timestamp. However, the current documentation only states, "This field is
available since protocol version 4," which may misleadingly suggest that
the fields are always present when using protocol v4.
This patch clarifies that the abort LSN and timestamp are included only
when parallel streaming is enabled, even under protocol v4.
Author: Anthonin Bonnefoy <anthonin.bonnefoy@datadoghq.com>
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Backpatch-through: 16, where it was introduced
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAO6_XqoKteQR1AnaR8iPcegbBE+HkAc2-g12rxN04yOt4-2ORg@mail.gmail.com
The documentation previously described the type of the io_workers GUC
parameter as "int". However, the documentation consistently uses "integer"
for parameters of this type.
This commit updates the type description of io_workers to "integer"
for consistency with other GUC parameter descriptions.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/e95c899a-2aeb-45b7-8fd3-7a27dcdb475b@oss.nttdata.com
The documentation for track_cost_delay_timing describes where cost-based
vacuum delay timing information is displayed when the setting is enabled.
While this information is also shown in the output of ANALYZE VERBOSE,
that was previously omitted from the list.
This commit updates the documentation to include ANALYZE VERBOSE in the list,
clarifying that it also reports cost-based delay timing information.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/e95c899a-2aeb-45b7-8fd3-7a27dcdb475b@oss.nttdata.com
For parameters that exist as both configuration and storage options,
the documentation typically includes secondary index entries to
help users distinguish and locate the relevant references easily.
However, such index entries were missing for vacuum_truncate and
vacuum_max_eager_freeze_failure_rate, both introduced in v18.
This commit adds appropriate secondary index terms for these parameters
to ensure consistency with other parameters and improve usability of
the documentation index.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/e95c899a-2aeb-45b7-8fd3-7a27dcdb475b@oss.nttdata.com
The link returns 404 and no replacement is available in the project
on Sourceforge where the content once was. Since we already link to
resources for both beginner and experienced docs hackers, remove the
the dead link.
Backpatch to all supported versions as the link was added in 8.1.
Author: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Reviewed-by: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reported-by: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CACJufxH=YzQPDOe+2WuYZ7seD-BOyjCBmP6JiErpoSiVZWDRnw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 13
Previously, the UUID functions documentation defined the "UUID" index entry
to link to the UUID data type page, even though that entry already exists there.
Instead, the UUID functions page should define its own index entry linking
to itself.
This commit updates the UUID index entry in the UUID functions documentation
to point to the correct section, improving navigation and avoiding duplication.
Back-patch to all supported versions.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/f33e0493-5773-4296-87c5-7ce459054cfe@oss.nttdata.com
Backpatch-through: 13
\close has been introduced in d55322b0da to be able to close a
prepared statement using the extended protocol in psql. Per discussion,
the name "close" is ambiguous. At the SQL level, CLOSE is used to close
a cursor. At protocol level, the close message can be used to either
close a statement or a portal.
This patch renames \close to \close_prepared to avoid any ambiguity and
make it clear that this is used to close a prepared statement. This new
name has been chosen based on the feedback from the author and the
reviewers.
Author: Anthonin Bonnefoy <anthonin.bonnefoy@datadoghq.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Reviewed-by: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3e694442-0df5-4f92-a08f-c5d4c4346b85@eisentraut.org
Specify whether the bucket bounds are inclusive or exclusive,
and improve some other vague language. Explain the behavior that
occurs when the "low" bound is greater than the "high" bound.
Make width_bucket_numeric's comment more like that for
width_bucket_float8, in particular noting that infinite
bounds are rejected (since they became possible in v14).
Reported-by: Ben Peachey Higdon <bpeacheyhigdon@gmail.com>
Author: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Co-authored-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/2BD74F86-5B89-4AC1-8F13-23CED3546AC1@gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 13
In version 17 we added support for cross-partition EXCLUDE
constraints, as long as they included all partition key columns and
compared them with equality (see 8c852ba9a4). I updated the docs for
exclusion constraints, but I missed that the docs for CREATE TABLE
still said that they were not supported. This commit fixes that.
Author: Paul A. Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Co-authored-by: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/c955d292-b92d-42d1-a2a0-1ec6715a2546@illuminatedcomputing.com
Backpatch-through: 17
Increase consistency of --help and man page synopses between pg_dump
and pg_dumpall. These should now be very similar, as pg_dumpall can
now also produce non-text dump output. But actually, they had drifted
further apart.
- Use verb "export" consistently, instead of "dump" or "extract".
- Use "SQL script" instead of just "script" or "text file".
- Maintain consistent distinction between SQL script and other
formats/archives (which is relevant for pg_restore).
Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/3f71d8a7-095b-4829-9b0b-fce09e9866b3%40eisentraut.org
Improve the clarity of LOG messages when a failover logical slot
synchronization fails, making the reasons more explicit for easier
debugging.
Update the documentation to outline scenarios where slot synchronization
can fail, especially during the initial sync, and emphasize that
pg_sync_replication_slot() is primarily intended for testing and
debugging purposes.
We also discussed improving the functionality of
pg_sync_replication_slot() so that it can be used reliably, but we would
take up that work for next version after some more discussion and review.
Reported-by: Suraj Kharage <suraj.kharage@enterprisedb.com>
Author: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhijie Hou <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Backpatch-through: 17, where it was introduced
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAF1DzPWTcg+m+x+oVVB=y4q9=PYYsL_mujVp7uJr-_oUtWNGbA@mail.gmail.com
Commit 8492feb98f added support for parallel CREATE INDEX on GIN indexes.
However, previously two places in the documentation and two in the source
code comments still stated that only B-tree and BRIN indexes support
parallel builds.
This commit updates those references to correctly include GIN indexes.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/7d27d068-90e2-4022-9bd7-09b0fd3d4f47@oss.nttdata.com
Commit 302cf15759 added support for LIKE in CREATE FOREIGN TABLE.
In this feature, since indexes are not created for foreign tables,
comments on indexes are not copied either.
However, the documentation incorrectly stated that index comments
would be copied when using INCLUDING COMMENTS. This commit
corrects that by removing the mention of index comments.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/f86cd84f-a6a3-4451-bae7-5cca9e63b06d@oss.nttdata.com
I thought underscores wouldn't even work in "id"s, so I never checked to
see if anything referenced it, but it seems it does work, so adjust the
calling site for the dash syntax.
Commit 1fd1bd8710 introduced support for dumping statistics with
pg_dump and pg_dumpall, covering tables, materialized views, and indexes.
However, it overlooked foreign tables, even though functions like
pg_restore_relation_stats() support them.
This commit fixes that oversight by allowing pg_dump and pg_dumpall
to include statistics for foreign tables.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3772e4e4-ef39-4deb-bb76-aa8165f33fb6@oss.nttdata.com
Commit 285613c60a introduced the min_protocol_version and
max_protocol_version connection options for libpq, but their descriptions
were placed in the middle of the unrelated ssl_min_protocol_version and
ssl_max_protocol_version entries.
This commit moves the min_protocol_version and max_protocol_version
descriptions to appear after the SSL-related options. This improves
the logical order and makes it easier for users to locate the relevant
settings in the libpq documentation.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a3391f36-30f5-4d4a-825b-232476819de8@oss.nttdata.com
Commit bba2fbc623 introduced a new implementation of the \conninfo
command in psql. That new code uses the term "TLS" while the rest of
PostgreSQL, including the rest of psql, consistently uses "SSL". This
is uselessly confusing. This changes the new code to use "SSL" as
well.
Reviewed-by: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/f4ff9294-b491-4053-83f5-11c10ab8c999@eisentraut.org
In the \conninfo psql command, the "Client User" column shows the user who
established the connection, while the "Superuser" column reflects whether
the current user in the current execution context is a superuser. This means
the users referred to in these columns can differ, for example, if the current
user was changed with the SET ROLE command.
This commit adds a note to the \conninfo documentation to clarify
this behavior and avoid potential confusion.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Reviewed-by: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/685961b8-b6ce-40bb-b2d5-c2ff135d3388@oss.nttdata.com
Reword the documentation around the default value to make interaction
between WATCH_INTERVAL and the \watch command clearer. While there,
also remove a stray parenthesis left over from a previous version of
the patch.
Reported-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Reviewed-by: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/c34a650b-6f8b-4da7-9ebb-b6df03ce009d@eisentraut.org
Running COPY within a pipeline can break protocol synchronization in
multiple ways. psql is limited in terms of result processing if mixing
COPY commands with normal queries while controlling a pipeline with the
new meta-commands, as an effect of the following reasons:
- In COPY mode, the backend ignores additional Sync messages and will
not send a matching ReadyForQuery expected by the frontend. Doing a
\syncpipeline just after COPY will leave the frontend waiting for a
ReadyForQuery message that won't be sent, leaving psql out-of-sync.
- libpq automatically sends a Sync with the Copy message which is not
tracked in the command queue, creating an unexpected synchronisation
point that psql cannot really know about. While it is possible to track
such activity for a \copy, this cannot really be done sanely with plain
COPY queries. Backend failures during a COPY would leave the pipeline
in an aborted state while the backend would be in a clean state, ready
to process commands.
At the end, fixing those issues would require modifications in how libpq
handles pipeline and COPY. So, rather than implementing workarounds in
psql to shortcut the libpq internals (with command queue handling for
one), and because meta-commands for pipelines in psql are a new feature
with COPY in a pipeline having a limited impact compared to other
queries, this commit forbids the use of COPY within a pipeline to avoid
possible break of protocol synchronisation within psql. If there is a
use-case for COPY support within pipelines in libpq, this could always
be added in the future, if necessary.
Most of the changes of this commit impacts the tests for psql pipelines,
removing the tests related to COPY. Some TAP tests still exist for COPY
TO/FROM and \copy to/from, to check that that connections are aborted
when this operation is attempted.
Reported-by: Nikita Kalinin <n.kalinin@postgrespro.ru>
Author: Anthonin Bonnefoy <anthonin.bonnefoy@datadoghq.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/AC468509-06E8-4E2A-A4B1-63046A4AC6AB@postgrespro.ru
Commit bde2fb797a added the --with-schema, --with-data, and --with-statistics
options to pg_restore. These options control whether to restore schema, data,
or statistics if present in the archive. However, the help message and
documentation incorrectly described them as affecting what gets dumped.
This commit corrects those descriptions to clarify that the options control
restoration, not dumping.
Bug: #18952
Reported-by: TAKATSUKA Haruka <harukat@sraoss.co.jp>
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: TAKATSUKA Haruka <harukat@sraoss.co.jp>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/18952-be40a620f8b1e755@postgresql.org
Database object statistics manipulation functions were introduced
in PostgreSQL 18 and are permitted under the MAINTAIN privilege.
However, the documentation previously did not mention these functions
in the list of allowed operations.
This commit updates the MAINTAIN privilege documentation to
explicitly include statistics manipulation functions, clarifying
what the privilege covers.
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/7c7e1ad5-fdf9-486f-bc63-40ac99b0461d@oss.nttdata.com
We concluded that commit e5a3c9d9b is a feature rather than a fix; since
it was added after feature freeze, revert it.
Reported-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>
Reported-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reported-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ed2296f1-1a6b-4932-b870-5bb18c2591ae%40oss.nttdata.com
The documentation for the pg_authid system catalog and the
pg_shadow system view indicates that passwords might be stored in
cleartext, but that hasn't been possible for some time.
Oversight in commit eb61136dc7.
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aD2yKkZro4nbl5ol%40nathan
Backpatch-through: 13
This commit renames the GUC log_lock_failure to log_lock_failures
to align with the existing similar setting log_lock_waits, which uses
the plural form. This improves naming consistency across related GUCs.
Suggested-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Author: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/7a8198b6-d5b8-4910-b41e-8d3efcbb015d@eisentraut.org
Commit 7406ab623f added a gist support function that we internally
refer to by the symbol GIST_STRATNUM_PROC. This translated from
"well-known" strategy numbers to opfamily-specific strategy numbers.
However, we later (commit 630f9a43ce) changed this to fit into
index-AM-level compare type mapping, so this function actually now
maps from compare type to opfamily-specific strategy numbers. So this
name is no longer fitting.
Moreover, the index AM level also supports the opposite, a function to
map from strategy number to compare type. This is currently not
supported in gist, but one might wonder what this function is supposed
to be called when it is added.
This patch changes the naming of the gist-level functionality to be
more in line with the index-AM-level functionality. This makes sense
because these are essentially the same thing on different levels.
This also changes the names of the externally visible functions that
are provided for use as such a support function.
Reviewed-by: Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/37ebb1d9-9036-485f-a215-e55435689917%40eisentraut.org
Previously, postgres_fdw always 1) opened a remote transaction in READ
WRITE mode even when the local transaction was READ ONLY, causing a READ
ONLY transaction using it that references a foreign table mapped to a
remote view executing a volatile function to write in the remote side,
and 2) opened the remote transaction in NOT DEFERRABLE mode even when
the local transaction was DEFERRABLE, causing a SERIALIZABLE READ ONLY
DEFERRABLE transaction using it to abort due to a serialization failure
in the remote side.
To avoid these, modify postgres_fdw to open a remote transaction in the
same access/deferrable modes as the local transaction. This commit also
modifies it to open a remote subtransaction in the same access mode as
the local subtransaction.
Although these issues exist since the introduction of postgres_fdw,
there have been no reports from the field. So it seems fine to just fix
them in master only.
Author: Etsuro Fujita <etsuro.fujita@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAPmGK16n_hcUUWuOdmeUS%2Bw4Q6dZvTEDHb%3DOP%3D5JBzo-M3QmpQ%40mail.gmail.com
Peter Eisentraut