Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 04/30/2017 11:54 PM, Philippe BEAUDOIN wrote: >> Just after the ALTER TABLE statement, I want to access this table. But >> at this time, the altered column is not visible with its new name. > From the error it looks to me like the statements are each run in a > separate session and the UPDATE is not seeing the ALTER TABLE. No, it's in the same session; the problem is the lack of a CommandCounterIncrement call between the ALTER's update and the parsing of the next statement. That means the update isn't visible yet, even in its own session. See the fix here: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=9209e07605afe0349660447f20d83ef165cdd0ae regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
