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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 94fc3a082b2..70cd2669164 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -12678,6 +12678,16 @@ ATPrepAlterColumnType(List **wqueue,
colName)));
/*
+ * Cannot specify USING when altering type of a generated column, because
+ * that would violate the generation expression.
+ */
+ if (attTup->attgenerated && def->cooked_default)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_COLUMN_DEFINITION),
+ errmsg("cannot specify USING when altering type of generated column"),
+ errdetail("Column \"%s\" is a generated column.", colName)));
+
+ /*
* Don't alter inherited columns. At outer level, there had better not be
* any inherited definition; when recursing, we assume this was checked at
* the parent level (see below).
@@ -12753,11 +12763,12 @@ ATPrepAlterColumnType(List **wqueue,
(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
errmsg("column \"%s\" cannot be cast automatically to type %s",
colName, format_type_be(targettype)),
+ !attTup->attgenerated ?
/* translator: USING is SQL, don't translate it */
errhint("You might need to specify \"USING %s::%s\".",
quote_identifier(colName),
format_type_with_typemod(targettype,
- targettypmod))));
+ targettypmod)) : 0));
}
/* Fix collations after all else */