postgresql/src/test
Dean Rasheed 7048e50f8f Fix RETURNING OLD with BEFORE UPDATE trigger and concurrent update.
When executing an UPDATE with a RETURNING clause on a table with a
BEFORE UPDATE row trigger, the computation of the OLD values in the
RETURNING list was incorrect if the target tuple was concurrently
updated by another session, at isolation level READ COMMITTED.

The problem was that the trigger code would lock the target tuple,
waiting for the other session to commit, and then fetch the updated
target tuple, but ExecUpdate() would not realise that the target tuple
had changed, and use the outdated target tuple for computing OLD
values. Fix by having ExecUpdate() check the TM_FailureData from
trigger execution and re-fetch the target tuple if necessary.

Re-fetching the target tuple like this is a little inefficient, but
probably negligible compared to the trigger execution and update. A
better long-term fix might be to move the EPQ code out of trigger.c,
and let ExecUpdate() handle it, like ExecMergeMatched() does, but that
would likely mean changing the trigger API, which seems a bit much for
back-patching.

Backpatch to v18, where support for RETURNING OLD/NEW was added.

Bug: #19536
Reported-by: Jonas Boberg <bobergj@gmail.com>
Diagnosed-by: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
Author: Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/19536-73ce5847e6c0e7b1@postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 18
2026-07-08 20:46:25 +01:00
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authentication Warn on password auth with MD5-encrypted passwords 2026-07-01 20:58:08 +09:00
examples Force standard_conforming_strings to always be ON. 2026-01-21 15:08:38 -05:00
icu Update copyright for 2026 2026-01-01 13:24:10 -05:00
isolation Fix RETURNING OLD with BEFORE UPDATE trigger and concurrent update. 2026-07-08 20:46:25 +01:00
kerberos Update copyright for 2026 2026-01-01 13:24:10 -05:00
ldap Update copyright for 2026 2026-01-01 13:24:10 -05:00
locale Pre-beta mechanical code beautification, step 1: run pgindent. 2026-05-13 10:34:17 -04:00
mb Remove MULE_INTERNAL encoding. 2026-04-08 17:40:06 +12:00
modules Prevent access to other sessions' empty temp tables 2026-07-03 18:01:25 +03:00
perl Adjust cross-version upgrade tests for seg_out() fix 2026-06-12 18:05:25 -04:00
postmaster Pre-beta mechanical code beautification, step 2: run pgperltidy. 2026-05-13 10:37:42 -04:00
recovery Fix unlogged sequence corruption after standby promotion 2026-06-30 08:50:08 +09:00
regress Whole-row fixes for ALTER COLUMN SET EXPRESSION 2026-07-08 19:40:27 +02:00
ssl Run pgperltidy 2026-06-29 15:27:44 -04:00
subscription Run pgperltidy 2026-06-29 15:27:44 -04:00
Makefile Split some long Makefile lists 2025-12-28 09:17:42 +09:00
meson.build Revert "Add built-in fuzzing harnesses for security testing." 2026-04-10 09:53:58 -04:00
README Remove the option to build thread_test.c outside configure. 2020-10-21 12:08:48 -04:00

PostgreSQL tests
================

This directory contains a variety of test infrastructure as well as some of the
tests in PostgreSQL. Not all tests are here -- in particular, there are more in
individual contrib/ modules and in src/bin.

Not all these tests get run by "make check". Check src/test/Makefile to see
which tests get run automatically.

authentication/
  Tests for authentication (but see also below)

examples/
  Demonstration programs for libpq that double as regression tests via
  "make check"

isolation/
  Tests for concurrent behavior at the SQL level

kerberos/
  Tests for Kerberos/GSSAPI authentication and encryption

ldap/
  Tests for LDAP-based authentication

locale/
  Sanity checks for locale data, encodings, etc

mb/
  Tests for multibyte encoding (UTF-8) support

modules/
  Extensions used only or mainly for test purposes, generally not suitable
  for installing in production databases

perl/
  Infrastructure for Perl-based TAP tests

recovery/
  Test suite for recovery and replication

regress/
  PostgreSQL's main regression test suite, pg_regress

ssl/
  Tests to exercise and verify SSL certificate handling

subscription/
  Tests for logical replication