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Currently, Babelfish only supports strong binding for views, which prevents dropping or altering referenced objects when views depend on them. This behavior differs from SQL Server, which by default allows dropping underlying tables or views unless WITH SCHEMABINDING is explicitly specified.
With this change, Babelfish now supports configurable view binding modes:

  1. Strong binding (default): Prevents dropping referenced objects if views depend on them
  2. Weak binding: Allows dropping of referenced objects

This feature aligns Babelfish more closely with SQL Server's behavior, providing greater flexibility
Key aspects include:

  • A new GUC parameter babelfishpg_tsql.weak_view_binding to control the default binding behavior (default is false)
  • Support for explicit WITH SCHEMABINDING to create strongly bound views regardless of the GUC setting
  • Ability to create weakly bound views by default when the GUC is enabled
  • Proper handling of ALTER VIEW operations in both binding modes

In SQL Server, views are weakly bound by default, allowing underlying objects to be dropped or altered. With our implementation, users can now choose between SQL Server's default behavior (weak binding) or the previously enforced behavior (strong binding).

Important Limitation :

This implementation currently only addresses DROP operations on tables, views as well as ALTER operations on views. ALTER TABLE operations (such as dropping columns or changing data types) are still restricted when dependent views exist, regardless of binding mode. This differs from SQL Server's behavior, where weak binding also allows ALTER operations on referenced objects.

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BABEL-1660

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coveralls commented Jun 5, 2025

Pull Request Test Coverage Report for Build 15571970545

Warning: This coverage report may be inaccurate.

This pull request's base commit is no longer the HEAD commit of its target branch. This means it includes changes from outside the original pull request, including, potentially, unrelated coverage changes.

Details

  • 361 of 422 (85.55%) changed or added relevant lines in 4 files are covered.
  • 133 unchanged lines in 1 file lost coverage.
  • Overall coverage increased (+0.1%) to 75.569%

Changes Missing Coverage Covered Lines Changed/Added Lines %
contrib/babelfishpg_tsql/src/hooks.c 350 411 85.16%
Files with Coverage Reduction New Missed Lines %
contrib/babelfishpg_tsql/src/pltsql_coerce.c 133 86.5%
Totals Coverage Status
Change from base Build 15464616681: 0.1%
Covered Lines: 49178
Relevant Lines: 65077

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@R4hul04 R4hul04 requested a review from forestkeeper June 5, 2025 23:53
@R4hul04 R4hul04 requested a review from kuntalghosh June 9, 2025 23:55
Rahul Parande added 3 commits June 10, 2025 01:02
Signed-off-by: Rahul Parande <[email protected]>
SCHEMABINDING clause in view definitions

Signed-off-by: Rahul Parande <[email protected]>
@R4hul04 R4hul04 marked this pull request as ready for review June 11, 2025 00:02
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