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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/matview.c b/src/backend/commands/matview.c
index e87bdac2851..d82bee57d92 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/matview.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/matview.c
@@ -795,9 +795,12 @@ refresh_by_match_merge(Oid matviewOid, Oid tempOid, Oid relowner,
*
* ExecRefreshMatView() checks that after taking the exclusive lock on the
* matview. So at least one unique index is guaranteed to exist here
- * because the lock is still being held; so an Assert seems sufficient.
+ * because the lock is still being held. (One known exception is if a
+ * function called as part of refreshing the matview drops the index.
+ * That's a pretty silly thing to do.)
*/
- Assert(foundUniqueIndex);
+ if (!foundUniqueIndex)
+ elog(ERROR, "could not find suitable unique index on materialized view");
appendStringInfoString(&querybuf,
" AND newdata.* OPERATOR(pg_catalog.*=) mv.*) "