Fix changing the inherited tables of an existing table. #10657 by VIBVEL47 · Pull Request #10661 · pgadmin-org/pgadmin4

VIBVEL47 · 2026-10-22T15:13:59Z

Description

Fixes #10657. Changing "Inherited from" on an existing table in the table dialog did not match what was saved:

Removing a parent removed its columns from the Columns tab, but Save only ran NO INHERIT. PostgreSQL keeps those columns on the child as local columns, so they came back, editable, when the dialog was reopened. The parent's CHECK constraints and NOT NULL markings stayed on the child too.
Adding a parent to an existing table that doesn't have the parent's columns failed with child table is missing column "id". It also failed when a column the table already has was nullable but the parent's was NOT NULL, when the parent had a generated column, or when the table had rows and the parent had a NOT NULL column.
The tree icon after Save showed the inheritance from before the save: the inherits arrow stayed after removing the parent and disappeared after adding it back.

Root Cause

Remove: since fix: remove inherited columns after parent removal #10504 (bdb652b77), reopened inherited columns carry inheritedid, so the dialog's removal (table.ui.js:703) now takes them out of the grid and sends them as columns.deleted. _check_for_column_delete() skipped DROP COLUMN for any deleted column with inheritedfrom set, so only NO INHERIT was emitted. NO INHERIT also keeps the parent's CHECK constraints and NOT NULL markings as local ones.
Add: _check_for_column_add() (tables/utils.py:1534) skips new columns marked as inherited, leaving only ALTER TABLE ... INHERIT parent. PostgreSQL requires the child to already have all of the parent's columns (same type, typmod, collation, NOT NULL and generation expression) and its inheritable CHECK constraints before INHERIT.
Icon: update() built the icon from res['rows'][0], which holds the table's properties fetched before the update ran.

Fix

Removing a parent

tables/utils.py:1290, new _get_still_inherited_columns(): returns the names of the columns that the parents still in "Inherited from" provide.
tables/utils.py:1348, _check_for_column_delete(): a deleted inherited column is now dropped unless a remaining parent still provides it. Dropping such a column would fail with cannot drop inherited column. NO INHERIT is rendered before the column SQL, so the drop runs after the column is no longer inherited.
New get_uninherit_checks.sql and get_uninherit_not_nulls.sql: find the CHECK constraints and NOT NULL markings the table only has from the removed parents. update.sql emits DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS / ALTER COLUMN ... DROP NOT NULL for them right after NO INHERIT (default/update.sql:60, 15_plus/update.sql:68). Primary key and replica identity columns keep their NOT NULL.

Adding a parent

New get_inherit_prerequisite_columns.sql: returns the added parents' columns that the table is missing, with the type from format_type(atttypid, atttypmod), collation, NOT NULL, default and generation expression. It also returns columns the table has without a NOT NULL that a parent requires. The dialog only sends a basic type (e.g. character varying, not varchar(10)), which INHERIT would reject, so the definitions come from the catalog.
New get_inherit_prerequisite_checks.sql: returns the added parents' inheritable CHECK constraints the table is missing, via pg_get_constraintdef().
default/update.sql:32 and 15_plus/update.sql:40: emit ADD COLUMN (with DEFAULT, so existing rows get a value, and GENERATED ALWAYS AS (...) STORED for generated columns, which come last), ALTER COLUMN ... SET NOT NULL and ADD CONSTRAINT just before INHERIT.
tables/utils.py:1307, new _get_inherit_changes(): runs the four queries above and passes the results to update.sql.

Tree icon

tables/utils.py:1850, update(): the icon is now built from nodes.sql for the table after the update (looked up in its current schema), the same query the tree uses.

Behaviour to be aware of

What removing a parent drops: the columns, CHECK constraints and NOT NULL markings the parent contributed, including ones the child also declared itself. attislocal can't tell those apart from columns this PR adds before INHERIT, which PostgreSQL also marks as local. The dialog removes the columns from the Columns tab, and the SQL tab lists each DROP before Save.
Errors still left to PostgreSQL: pgAdmin doesn't change or invent data to work around these, and each error names the column or constraint:
- a parent's NOT NULL column with no default, on a table that already has rows (contains null values);
- a same-named NO INHERIT CHECK already on the child (conflicts with non-inherited constraint).
Grid with several parents: when a column comes from several parents, the grid still removes it when its first parent is removed, although Save keeps it. This is a pre-existing frontend issue; the dialog only tracks one parent per column.

Test Plan

New tables/tests/test_table_inherits_columns.py (msql + PUT, then checks pg_attribute, pg_constraint, pg_inherits and the returned node icon): 8 passed on PostgreSQL 16.
- Remove:
  - the only parent: its columns are dropped and the icon becomes icon-table;
  - one of two parents: the shared column and shared CHECK are kept, while the removed parent's own column and CHECK are dropped;
  - a CHECK the child also declared is dropped;
  - NOT NULL only required by the removed parent is dropped.
- Add:
  - missing varchar(10) NOT NULL, COLLATE "C", generated column and CHECK are added before INHERIT;
  - a column the table already has gets SET NOT NULL, and only the missing column is added;
  - a NOT NULL column gets the parent's default on a table with rows.
- Each scenario fails without the change that covers it.
python regression/runtests.py --pkg browser.server_groups.servers.databases.schemas.tables: 525 passed, 0 failed (49 skipped: EPAS-only compound triggers and PostGIS).
python regression/runtests.py --pkg tools.schema_diff: 9 passed, 0 failed.
pycodestyle --config=.pycodestyle on the changed Python files: clean.
Manual, remove a parent:
1. Run CREATE TABLE parent (id bigint, name "char"); CREATE TABLE child (model "char") INHERITS (parent);
2. Open Properties for child and remove public.parent from "Inherited from".
3. Check that the SQL tab shows NO INHERIT followed by DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS id and DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS name.
4. Save and reopen: only model remains, and the tree icon loses the inherits arrow.
Manual, add a parent back:
1. On the same child, add public.parent to "Inherited from".
2. Check that the SQL tab shows ADD COLUMN id bigint and ADD COLUMN name "char" before INHERIT public.parent.
3. Save: no error, and the tree icon shows the inherits arrow.

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Bug Fixes
- Updating table inheritance now keeps child-table columns and CHECK constraints in sync with added or removed parents.
- Adding a parent applies missing columns’ types, collations, defaults, nullability, and generated expressions before inheritance is applied.
- Required NOT NULL markings are applied when adding parents and removed when no remaining parent requires them.
- Columns and constraints still provided by another parent are preserved when a parent is removed.
- The table’s tree icon now reflects its updated inheritance state.

…0657 Removing a parent from 'Inherited from' removed its columns from the Columns tab, but only NO INHERIT was run, which keeps them on the table as local columns, so they came back on reopening. Drop them as well, unless a remaining parent still provides them. Adding a parent to an existing table failed with "child table is missing column", as the parent's columns were skipped and INHERIT requires the table to have them. Add the parent's missing columns and CHECK constraints, using their definitions from the catalog, before INHERIT. The tree icon returned after saving was based on the table's properties from before the update, so it showed the previous inheritance. Use the table's state after the update instead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Walkthrough

Table inheritance updates now prepare required columns and CHECK constraints before adding parents. When a parent is removed, the update drops constraints and columns no longer supplied by remaining parents. The response also uses current table data to determine the table icon.

Changes

Table inheritance updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Gather inheritance changes `web/pgadmin/.../tables/templates/tables/sql/default/get_inherit_prerequisite_columns.sql`, `.../get_inherit_prerequisite_checks.sql`, `.../get_uninherit_checks.sql`, `.../get_uninherit_not_nulls.sql`, `web/pgadmin/.../tables/utils.py`	Queries and utility helpers identify columns and CHECK constraints needed when parent relationships change, including NOT NULL markings that no remaining parent requires.
Apply inheritance changes `web/pgadmin/.../tables/templates/tables/sql/{default,15_plus}/update.sql`, `web/pgadmin/.../tables/utils.py`, `web/pgadmin/.../tables/tests/test_table_inherits_columns.py`	Update SQL prepares inherited columns and constraints before `INHERIT`, then drops eligible constraints and NOT NULL markings after `NO INHERIT`. Column deletion preserves columns supplied by remaining parents. Tests check generated SQL, saved database state, and the updated table icon.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Changing a table's parents now works for ordinary columns, CHECK constraints and NOT NULL markings. Three edge cases can still fail or alter constraints incorrectly: a same-named NO INHERIT CHECK on the child, PostgreSQL 18 virtual generated columns, and NOT NULL NO INHERIT parent constraints. Fix or explicitly accept these before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check		Issue `#10657` covers removal of a parent and its contributed columns. This pull request also adds prerequisite columns, defaults, generated columns, NOT NULL changes, and CHECK constraints when adding …	Limit this pull request to the coding requirements of `#10657`, or link active issues that require the added-parent prerequisite logic, extra CHECK and NOT NULL handling, and post-save icon behavior. Move unrelated implementation and tests to…
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Title check		The title "Fix changing the inherited tables of an existing table. `#10657`" matches the main change. The PR changes how pgAdmin saves parent-table changes for an existing table. It drops inherited colu…
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The title "Fix changing the inherited tables of an existing table. #10657" matches the main change. The PR changes how pgAdmin saves parent-table changes for an existing table. It drops inherited columns, CHECK constraints, and NOT NULL markings when a parent is removed. It adds missing parent columns and CHECK constraints before INHERIT when a parent is added. It also builds the tree icon from the post-update state. The title names the real subject, and it references the linked issue #10657. The PR objectives cite PR #10661, but the title's issue number matches the linked issue, so this does not change the assessment.

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Issue #10657 requires Save to drop columns supplied only by a removed parent and keep columns supplied by a remaining parent. utils.py now computes the remaining inherited column names and emits DROP COLUMN only when no remaining parent supplies the column. The update path renders NO INHERIT before column SQL. The new removal tests cover the only-parent and shared-column cases and verify the saved columns.

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Issue #10657 covers removal of a parent and its contributed columns. This pull request also adds prerequisite columns, defaults, generated columns, NOT NULL changes, and CHECK constraints when adding a parent. It adds CHECK and NOT NULL cleanup during parent removal. It changes the post-save tree icon and adds tests for these extra behaviors. The linked issue does not require these changes.

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Limit this pull request to the coding requirements of #10657, or link active issues that require the added-parent prerequisite logic, extra CHECK and NOT NULL handling, and post-save icon behavior. Move unrelated implementation and tests to the corresponding scoped pull request.

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- Around line 46-48: Track CHECK constraints added by the inherit_checks
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- Around line 3-8: Update the query selecting missing inherited columns to
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…en changing a table's parents. pgadmin-org#10657 Adding a parent created its generated columns as ordinary columns and left a column the table already has nullable when the parent's is NOT NULL, and PostgreSQL rejects INHERIT in both cases. Add generated columns with their expression, after the columns it uses, and set NOT NULL on such existing columns before INHERIT. Removing a parent left its CHECK constraints on the table, as NO INHERIT keeps them as local constraints. Drop the ones that no remaining parent also has, as is done for the parent's columns. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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🟠 Major · Preserve child-local columns when removing a parent. · utils.py:1345-1357

web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/utils.py:1345-1357
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve child-local columns when removing a parent.

The column metadata query matches parent columns to child columns by name and does not inspect the child column's attislocal value. Therefore, a child-local id that has the same name as a removed parent's id receives that parent's inheritedid. The dialog sends it in columns.deleted, and _check_for_column_delete emits DROP COLUMN. PostgreSQL then removes the child-owned column and its stored values.

Keep the existing drop behavior for parent-only columns, but skip the drop when the column is locally declared on the child.

Suggested fix

diff --git a/web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/default/properties.sql b/web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/columns/sql/default/properties.sql
@@
-        SELECT DISTINCT ON (att.attnum) att.attname as name, att.atttypid, att.attlen, att.attnum, att.attndims,
+        SELECT DISTINCT ON (att.attnum) att.attname as name, att.atttypid, att.attlen, att.attnum, att.attndims,
             att.atttypmod, att.attacl, att.attnotnull, att.attoptions, att.attfdwoptions, att.attstattarget,
+            att.attislocal,
             att.attstorage, att.attidentity,
diff --git a/web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/utils.py b/web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/utils.py
@@
-                if c.get('inheritedfrom', None) is None or \
-                    (still_inherited is not None and
+                if c.get('inheritedfrom', None) is None or \
+                    (not c.get('attislocal', False) and
+                     still_inherited is not None and
                      c['name'] not in still_inherited):

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Update the column properties query to include each column’s attislocal metadata,
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- Line 36: Update the table update SQL template’s ADD COLUMN generation so
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is made NOT NULL; if that case cannot be supported, reject it explicitly before
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- Line 39: Track columns that this operation changed from nullable to NOT NULL,
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…'s parents. pgadmin-org#10657 Adding a parent with a NOT NULL column to a table that already has rows failed, as the added column had no value for them. Add the parent's columns with their defaults, as CREATE TABLE ... INHERITS does, so the existing rows are filled in. Removing a parent left NOT NULL on a column that a remaining parent still provides but allows NULLs in, as NO INHERIT keeps it. Drop it, except on primary key and replica identity columns. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

VIBVEL47 · 2026-10-23T06:04:59Z

@coderabbitai Re the outside-diff comment "Preserve child-local columns when removing a parent" (utils.py:1345-1357): I'm keeping the current behaviour on purpose.

attislocal can't tell a column the user declared on the child apart from one pgAdmin added so that INHERIT would work. When a parent is added to an existing table, this PR runs ADD COLUMN for the parent's missing columns before INHERIT, and PostgreSQL marks every column added that way as attislocal = true. For example:

CREATE TABLE parent (id bigint, name "char");
CREATE TABLE child (cid bigint);
-- In the dialog, add parent to child -> ADD COLUMN id, ADD COLUMN name, INHERIT parent
-- id and name now have attislocal = true, attinhcount = 1

If the drop skipped attislocal columns, removing parent again would leave id and name behind, and they'd reappear on reopening the dialog. That's exactly #10657, for any table whose parent was added after it was created.

So removing a parent drops the columns, CHECK constraints and NOT NULL markings it contributed, unless a remaining parent still provides them. This never happens silently: the dialog removes those columns from the Columns tab, and the SQL tab lists every DROP COLUMN before Save.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-23T06:11:59Z

+        CASE WHEN a.attgenerated = '' THEN
+            pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(def.adbin, def.adrelid)
+        END AS defval,


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Preserve virtual generated columns before INHERIT.

On PostgreSQL 18, a virtual generated parent column has attgenerated = 'v'. This query returns neither defval nor genexpr for that column. Both update templates then add an ordinary child column, and INHERIT rejects the generation-status mismatch. Return the virtual expression and render it with GENERATED ALWAYS AS (...) VIRTUAL. (postgresql.org)

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+        SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute pa
+        WHERE pa.attrelid = ANY(ARRAY[{% for val in tables %}{{val|qtLiteral(conn)}}::regclass::oid{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}]::pg_catalog.oid[])
+            AND pa.attname = a.attname AND pa.attnum > 0 AND NOT pa.attisdropped
+            {% if not_null %}AND pa.attnotnull{% endif %}


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Exclude non-inheritable parent NOT NULL constraints.

On PostgreSQL 18, pa.attnotnull also identifies a parent constraint declared NOT NULL NO INHERIT. If the child has a local NOT NULL on a column shared with a remaining nullable parent, this query can drop that local constraint when the non-inheritable parent is removed. The prerequisite-column query can likewise set NOT NULL unnecessarily when that parent is added. Check the parent’s pg_constraint.connoinherit in both queries. (postgresql.org)

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Fix changing the inherited tables of an existing table. #10657 - #10661

Fix changing the inherited tables of an existing table. #10657#10661
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