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Rebuilding a partitioned table (e.g. because its partition key changed) generates a script that creates a temporary partitioned table, adds a DEFAULT partition to it purely so the row-copy INSERT doesn't fail on rows that match none of the real partitions, copies the rows across, and renames everything into place. The scaffolding DEFAULT partition was never removed, so a source table with no default partition of its own ended up with an extra one in the rebuilt target, and Schema Diff reported the table as different forever after.

Worse, if the source table did have a genuine default partition, the generated script tried to create it as well as the scaffolding one, and PostgreSQL only allows a single DEFAULT partition per parent, so applying the script failed outright.

The fix

get_sql_from_diff() now checks whether the source table already has a default partition and only asks the template to scaffold one when it doesn't; partition_diff.sql only creates that scaffolding partition (and drops it again once the row copy is done) in that case, leaving a genuine source default partition to be carried across, renamed into place, by the normal per-partition rename loop.

Testing

Added test_schema_diff_partition_default.py, covering both a source table without a default partition (the scaffolding one must be dropped) and one with a genuine default partition (it must survive and the script must not attempt to create two).

tools.schema_diff and browser.server_groups.servers.databases.schemas.tables (473 tests) pass against PostgreSQL 18; pycodestyle is clean.

Fixes #10301.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved partitioned-table migrations when source and target tables have different partition definitions.
    • Prevented duplicate default partitions during schema changes.
    • Preserved existing default partitions and removed temporary scaffolding partitions after data migration.
    • Continued supporting migrations for tables without a default partition, preventing row-copy failures.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for partition migrations with and without default partitions.
    • Verified partition counts, cleanup, data migration, and schema comparison results.

…a partitioned table (pgadmin-org#10301)

Rebuilding a partitioned table (e.g. because its partition key changed)
generates a script that creates a temporary partitioned table, adds a
DEFAULT partition to it purely so the row-copy INSERT doesn't fail on
rows that match none of the real partitions, copies the rows across and
renames everything into place. The scaffolding DEFAULT partition was
never removed, so a source table with no default partition of its own
ended up with an extra one in the rebuilt target, and Schema Diff would
report the table as different forever after.

Worse, if the source table did have a genuine default partition, the
generated script tried to create it as well as the scaffolding one, and
Postgres only allows a single DEFAULT partition per parent, so applying
the script failed outright.

get_sql_from_diff() now checks whether the source table already has a
default partition and only asks the template to scaffold one when it
doesn't; partition_diff.sql only creates that scaffolding partition (and
drops it again once the row copy is done) in that case, leaving a
genuine source default partition to be carried across, renamed into
place, by the normal per-partition rename loop.

Added test_schema_diff_partition_default.py, covering both a source
table without a default partition (the scaffolding one must be dropped)
and one with a genuine default partition (it must survive and the
script must not attempt to create two).
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  • web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/partitions/__init__.py
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  • web/pgadmin/tools/schema_diff/tests/test_schema_diff_partition_default.py

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Schema Diff now detects source default partitions before rebuilding partitioned tables. PostgreSQL and PPAS templates conditionally create and remove temporary default partitions. A regression test validates rebuilds with and without source default partitions.

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Partition default scaffolding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Control scaffolding during partition rebuilds
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/partitions/__init__.py, web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/partitions/sql/*/default/partition_diff.sql
get_sql_from_diff disables scaffolding when the source has a default partition. PostgreSQL and PPAS SQL templates conditionally create and then drop temporary scaffolding partitions.
Validate partition rebuild results
web/pgadmin/tools/schema_diff/tests/test_schema_diff_partition_default.py
The regression test applies diffs for partitioned tables with and without source default partitions. It checks partition counts, default preservation, comparison results, and database cleanup.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 3fdfe

The rebuild script now creates and removes a temporary default partition, but its fixed name can collide with an existing relation and rows routed there can be deleted during cleanup. The PR is not safe to merge until the scaffold uses a unique name and non-empty scaffolding is handled without data loss.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #10301 by conditionally creating scaffolding, dropping it after copying, preserving genuine defaults, and preventing duplicate defaults.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed All code and test changes directly support the linked issue and the stated Schema Diff partition rebuild objectives.
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Inline comments:
In
`@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/partitions/sql/pg/default/partition_diff.sql`:
- Around line 4-16: Update the scaffold default-partition name in both
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/partitions/sql/pg/default/partition_diff.sql
lines 4-16 and
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/partitions/sql/ppas/default/partition_diff.sql
lines 4-16 to derive it from the randomized temporary table name, and use that
same unique name for creation and DROP TABLE cleanup; no other changes are
needed.
- Around line 12-16: Before dropping the scaffolding default partition, validate
that it is empty and abort if it contains rows; update the conditional block in
partition_diff.sql for both
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/partitions/sql/pg/default/partition_diff.sql
lines 12-16 and
web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/databases/schemas/tables/templates/partitions/sql/ppas/default/partition_diff.sql
lines 12-16. Preserve the existing DROP TABLE behavior only for an empty
scaffold.

In `@web/pgadmin/tools/schema_diff/tests/test_schema_diff_partition_default.py`:
- Around line 37-81: Extend the schema-diff fixture test around DDL_SOURCE and
DDL_TARGET to insert rows into both the regular and DEFAULT partitions of each
target table before rebuilding. After each rebuild, assert the expected row
counts in the corresponding partitions, covering INSERT ... SELECT data copying
and routing for both partition configurations.
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scaffold default partitions, and skip redundant partition ALTER diff

Address CodeRabbit review findings on the partitioned-table rebuild
added in pgadmin-org#10301:

- The scaffolding default partition's name was derived from the
  original table's name (<table>_default), a deterministic name that
  can collide with an existing relation. Derive it from the already
  string.randomised temporary table name instead, matching the
  collision-avoidance convention already used for the temp partitioned
  table and its temp partitions.

- The scaffolding default partition was unconditionally dropped once
  the row copy finished. Any row from the source table that fell
  outside every real partition's bounds landed in that scaffold and
  was silently destroyed. The generated SQL now only drops the
  scaffold if it is still empty; otherwise it is kept, so the rows it
  caught survive as the default partition of the rebuilt table.

- Separately, found and fixed a data-loss bug this exposed: whenever a
  table's partitions differ on both source and target, the generic
  table-diff also ran its own ALTER-based partition add/remove/detach
  logic (get_sql_from_table_diff/_check_for_partitions_in_sql)
  alongside the full-table rebuild path in schema_diff_table_utils.py.
  Because that generic path detaches a bound-changed partition using
  its real name before the rebuild's row-copy INSERT ... SELECT runs
  against the original table, the detached partition's rows were
  invisible to that copy and got dropped when the rebuild's own
  cleanup step removed the now-standalone table - causing the
  run-python-tests-pg/run-feature-tests-pg CI failures on PR pgadmin-org#10316.
  The generic partition diffing is now skipped whenever both sides are
  partitioned, since the rebuild path already handles every partition
  difference itself.

- Strengthened the regression test: both fixtures now carry real rows
  (including rows that only fit a DEFAULT partition, and a row outside
  every rebuilt partition's bounds) so the row-copy and row-routing
  paths are actually exercised, not just the DDL shape.
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