PL/Python: Accept strings in functions returning composite types

Before 9.1, PL/Python functions returning composite types could return
a string and it would be parsed using record_in.  The 9.1 changes made
PL/Python only expect dictionaries, tuples, or objects supporting
getattr as output of composite functions, resulting in a regression
and a confusing error message, as the strings were interpreted as
sequences and the code for transforming lists to database tuples was
used.  Fix this by treating strings separately as before, before
checking for the other types.

The reason why it's important to support string to database tuple
conversion is that trigger functions on tables with composite columns
get the composite row passed in as a string (from record_out).
Without supporting converting this back using record_in, this makes it
impossible to implement pass-through behavior for these columns, as
PL/Python no longer accepts strings for composite values.

A better solution would be to fix the code that transforms composite
inputs into Python objects to produce dictionaries that would then be
correctly interpreted by the Python->PostgreSQL counterpart code.  But
that would be too invasive to backpatch to 9.1, and it is too late in
the 9.2 cycle to attempt it.  It should be revisited in the future,
though.

Reported as bug #6559 by Kirill Simonov.

Jan Urbański

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/pl/plpython/sql/plpython_trigger.sql b/src/pl/plpython/sql/plpython_trigger.sql
index 2afdf511275..f60565cde6b 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpython/sql/plpython_trigger.sql
+++ b/src/pl/plpython/sql/plpython_trigger.sql
@@ -346,3 +346,39 @@ CREATE TRIGGER composite_trigger BEFORE INSERT ON composite_trigger_test
 
 INSERT INTO composite_trigger_test VALUES (NULL, NULL);
 SELECT * FROM composite_trigger_test;
+
+
+-- triggers with composite type columns (bug #6559)
+
+CREATE TABLE composite_trigger_noop_test (f1 comp1, f2 comp2);
+
+CREATE FUNCTION composite_trigger_noop_f() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+    return 'MODIFY'
+$$ LANGUAGE plpythonu;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER composite_trigger_noop BEFORE INSERT ON composite_trigger_noop_test
+  FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE composite_trigger_noop_f();
+
+INSERT INTO composite_trigger_noop_test VALUES (NULL, NULL);
+INSERT INTO composite_trigger_noop_test VALUES (ROW(1, 'f'), NULL);
+INSERT INTO composite_trigger_noop_test VALUES (ROW(NULL, 't'), ROW(1, 'f'));
+SELECT * FROM composite_trigger_noop_test;
+
+
+-- nested composite types
+
+CREATE TYPE comp3 AS (c1 comp1, c2 comp2, m integer);
+
+CREATE TABLE composite_trigger_nested_test(c comp3);
+
+CREATE FUNCTION composite_trigger_nested_f() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+    return 'MODIFY'
+$$ LANGUAGE plpythonu;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER composite_trigger_nested BEFORE INSERT ON composite_trigger_nested_test
+  FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE composite_trigger_nested_f();
+
+INSERT INTO composite_trigger_nested_test VALUES (NULL);
+INSERT INTO composite_trigger_nested_test VALUES (ROW(ROW(1, 'f'), NULL, 3));
+INSERT INTO composite_trigger_nested_test VALUES (ROW(ROW(NULL, 't'), ROW(1, 'f'), NULL));
+SELECT * FROM composite_trigger_nested_test;