We were testing the truth value of the array of booleans (which is
always true) instead of the boolean element specific to the affected
table column.
This causes a binary-upgrade dump fail to omit the name of a constraint;
that is, the correct constraint name is always printed, even when it's
not needed. The affected case is a binary-upgrade dump of a not-null
constraint in an inherited column, which must in addition have no
comment.
Another point is that in order for this to make a difference, the
constraint must have the default name in the child table. That is, the
constraint must have been created _in the parent table_ with the name
that it would have in the child table, like so:
CREATE TABLE parent (a int CONSTRAINT child_a_not_null NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE child () INHERITS (parent);
Otherwise, the correct name must be printed by binary-upgrade pg_dump
anyway, since it wouldn't match the name produced at the parent.
Moreover, when it does hit, the pre-18-compatibility code (which has to
work with a constraint that has no name) gets involved and uses the
UPDATE on pg_constraint using the conkey instead of column name ... and
so everything ends up working correctly AFAICS.
I think it might cause a problem if the table and column names are
overly long, but I didn't want to spend time investigating further.
Still, it's wrong code, and static analyzers have twice complained about
it, so fix it by adding the array index accessor that was obviously
meant.
Reported-by: Ranier Vilela <ranier.vf@gmail.com>
Reported-by: George Tarasov <george.v.tarasov@gmail.com>
Backpatch-through: 18
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEudQAo7ah=4TDheuEjtb0dsv6bHoK7uBNqv53Tsub2h-xBSJw@mail.gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/f3029f25-acc9-4cb9-a74f-fe93bcfb3a27@gmail.com
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