ddl: fix an error message for 'alter table' change column with genera…

…ted columns dependency (#43350)

close #24321, close #38988

ddl/column_change_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl/internal/callback"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/errno"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/meta"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/model"
@@ -471,3 +472,17 @@ func TestIssue40135(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.ErrorContains(t, checkErr, "[ddl:3855]Column 'a' has a partitioning function dependency and cannot be dropped or renamed")
 }
+
+func TestIssue38988And24321(t *testing.T) {
+	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	// For issue https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/38988
+	tk.MustExec("create table t (a int, b int as (a+3));")
+	tk.MustGetErrCode("alter table t change a c int not null;", errno.ErrDependentByGeneratedColumn)
+
+	// For issue https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/24321
+	// Note, the result is not the same with MySQL, since the limitation of the current modify column implementation.
+	tk.MustExec("create table t2(id int, a int, b int generated always as (abs(a)) virtual);")
+	tk.MustGetErrCode("alter table t2 modify column a bigint;", errno.ErrUnsupportedOnGeneratedColumn)
+}

ddl/column_modify_test.go

@@ -538,15 +538,15 @@ func TestGeneratedColumnDDL(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		// Drop/rename columns dependent by other column.
 		{`alter table test_gv_ddl drop column a`, errno.ErrDependentByGeneratedColumn},
-		{`alter table test_gv_ddl change column a anew int`, errno.ErrBadField},
+		{`alter table test_gv_ddl change column a anew int`, errno.ErrDependentByGeneratedColumn},
 
 		// Modify/change stored status of generated columns.
 		{`alter table test_gv_ddl modify column b bigint`, errno.ErrUnsupportedOnGeneratedColumn},
 		{`alter table test_gv_ddl change column c cnew bigint as (a+100)`, errno.ErrUnsupportedOnGeneratedColumn},
 
 		// Modify/change generated columns breaking prior.
 		{`alter table test_gv_ddl modify column b int as (c+100)`, errno.ErrGeneratedColumnNonPrior},
-		{`alter table test_gv_ddl change column b bnew int as (c+100)`, errno.ErrGeneratedColumnNonPrior},
+		{`alter table test_gv_ddl change column b bnew int as (c+100)`, errno.ErrDependentByGeneratedColumn},
 
 		// Refer not exist columns in generation expression.
 		{`create table test_gv_ddl_bad (a int, b int as (c+8))`, errno.ErrBadField},
@@ -582,13 +582,15 @@ func TestGeneratedColumnDDL(t *testing.T) {
 	result = tk.MustQuery(`DESC test_gv_ddl`)
 	result.Check(testkit.Rows(`a int(11) YES  <nil> `, `b int(11) YES  <nil> VIRTUAL GENERATED`, `c int(11) YES  <nil> STORED GENERATED`))
 
-	tk.MustExec(`alter table test_gv_ddl change column b b bigint as (a+100) virtual`)
-	result = tk.MustQuery(`DESC test_gv_ddl`)
-	result.Check(testkit.Rows(`a int(11) YES  <nil> `, `b bigint(20) YES  <nil> VIRTUAL GENERATED`, `c int(11) YES  <nil> STORED GENERATED`))
+	// According to https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/24321, this test case is not supported.
+	// Although in MySQL this is a legal one.
+	// tk.MustExec(`alter table test_gv_ddl change column b b bigint as (a+100) virtual`)
+	// result = tk.MustQuery(`DESC test_gv_ddl`)
+	// result.Check(testkit.Rows(`a int(11) YES  <nil> `, `b bigint(20) YES  <nil> VIRTUAL GENERATED`, `c int(11) YES  <nil> STORED GENERATED`))
 
 	tk.MustExec(`alter table test_gv_ddl change column c cnew bigint`)
 	result = tk.MustQuery(`DESC test_gv_ddl`)
-	result.Check(testkit.Rows(`a int(11) YES  <nil> `, `b bigint(20) YES  <nil> VIRTUAL GENERATED`, `cnew bigint(20) YES  <nil> `))
+	result.Check(testkit.Rows(`a int(11) YES  <nil> `, `b int(11) YES  <nil> VIRTUAL GENERATED`, `cnew bigint(20) YES  <nil> `))
 
 	// Test generated column `\\`.
 	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t")

ddl/ddl_api.go

@@ -4907,6 +4907,24 @@ func (d *ddl) getModifiableColumnJob(ctx context.Context, sctx sessionctx.Contex
 	return GetModifiableColumnJob(ctx, sctx, is, ident, originalColName, schema, t, spec)
 }
 
+func checkModifyColumnWithGeneratedColumnsConstraint(allCols []*table.Column, oldColName model.CIStr) error {
+	for _, col := range allCols {
+		if col.GeneratedExpr == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		dependedColNames := FindColumnNamesInExpr(col.GeneratedExpr)
+		for _, name := range dependedColNames {
+			if name.Name.L == oldColName.L {
+				if col.Hidden {
+					return dbterror.ErrDependentByFunctionalIndex.GenWithStackByArgs(oldColName.O)
+				}
+				return dbterror.ErrDependentByGeneratedColumn.GenWithStackByArgs(oldColName.O)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // GetModifiableColumnJob returns a DDL job of model.ActionModifyColumn.
 func GetModifiableColumnJob(
 	ctx context.Context,
@@ -4929,12 +4947,20 @@ func GetModifiableColumnJob(
 	if newColName.L == model.ExtraHandleName.L {
 		return nil, dbterror.ErrWrongColumnName.GenWithStackByArgs(newColName.L)
 	}
+	errG := checkModifyColumnWithGeneratedColumnsConstraint(t.Cols(), originalColName)
+
 	// If we want to rename the column name, we need to check whether it already exists.
 	if newColName.L != originalColName.L {
 		c := table.FindCol(t.Cols(), newColName.L)
 		if c != nil {
 			return nil, infoschema.ErrColumnExists.GenWithStackByArgs(newColName)
 		}
+
+		// And also check the generated columns dependency, if some generated columns
+		// depend on this column, we can't rename the column name.
+		if errG != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Trace(errG)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Constraints in the new column means adding new constraints. Errors should thrown,
@@ -5144,6 +5170,11 @@ func GetModifiableColumnJob(
 	if err = checkModifyGeneratedColumn(sctx, schema.Name, t, col, newCol, specNewColumn, spec.Position); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+	if errG != nil {
+		// According to issue https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/24321,
+		// changing the type of a column involving generating a column is prohibited.
+		return nil, dbterror.ErrUnsupportedOnGeneratedColumn.GenWithStackByArgs(errG.Error())
+	}
 
 	if t.Meta().TTLInfo != nil {
 		// the column referenced by TTL should be a time type
@@ -5409,21 +5440,10 @@ func (d *ddl) RenameColumn(ctx sessionctx.Context, ident ast.Ident, spec *ast.Al
 	}
 
 	// Check generated expression.
-	for _, col := range allCols {
-		if col.GeneratedExpr == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		dependedColNames := FindColumnNamesInExpr(col.GeneratedExpr)
-		for _, name := range dependedColNames {
-			if name.Name.L == oldColName.L {
-				if col.Hidden {
-					return dbterror.ErrDependentByFunctionalIndex.GenWithStackByArgs(oldColName.O)
-				}
-				return dbterror.ErrDependentByGeneratedColumn.GenWithStackByArgs(oldColName.O)
-			}
-		}
+	err = checkModifyColumnWithGeneratedColumnsConstraint(allCols, oldColName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-
 	err = checkDropColumnWithPartitionConstraint(tbl, oldColName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)