On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:56:56PM +0100, Andreas Karlsson wrote:
> On 1/30/26 1:15 AM, Mark Wong wrote:
> > > Thanks for the patch. After reviewing it, I have mixed feelings. From one 
> > > side, it removes some redundant code, which is good. In the other side, I 
> > > doubt if we should delete proc entries from pg_proc.c? Say, there is a 
> > > view that uses a proc to be deleted, the proc OID is stored with the 
> > > view, then after an upgrade, the view would be broken. From this 
> > > perspective, should we retain the old proc entries and only point them to 
> > > the new functions?
> > 
> > I don't have a solution for the case of a view storing the OID, but Álvaro
> > Herrera suggested to me to at least try preventing those OIDs from being
> > reused.
> > 
> > I've attached a v3 patch set that introduces 
> > src/include/catalog/pg_retired.dat
> > to store previously used OIDs and procedure names that the scripts 
> > unused_oids
> > and renumber_oids.pl can consume to prevent the reuse of retired OIDs.
> > 
> > Maybe that can also be used towards finding that particular solution...
> I am not sure what can be done, breaking people's databases on pg_upgrade is
> certainly not nice and detecting that function oid has been used anywhere in
> a database sounds painful, especially since there are no references to
> system oids in pg_depend, right?
> 
> That said this patch should be updated to use the new support for default
> values in BKI files.[1]
> 
> https://git.postgresql.org/cgit/postgresql.git/commit/?id=759b03b24ce96f0ba6d734b570d1a6f4a0fb1177

I have attached a new set of patches.  v4 is now using the new support for
default values.

Summary of additional changes:

* I've removed the retired OID tracking, but can certainly add that back if we
  decide it will be useful
* Caught a bug where I wasn't using BoolGetDatum() with DirectFunctionCall3
  with pg_get_expr()


Regards,
Mark
-- 
Mark Wong <[email protected]>
EDB https://enterprisedb.com
>From fdca206df20d4586f209cbb108761532f0b2935a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wong <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 15:41:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/6] Handle pg_get_ruledef default args in
 system_functions.sql

Modernize pg_get_ruledef to use proargdefaults for optional pretty
argument.
---
 src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c | 18 ------------------
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat   |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index f16f1535785..31e773fb32e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -559,24 +559,6 @@ static void get_json_table_nested_columns(TableFunc *tf, JsonTablePlan *plan,
  */
 Datum
 pg_get_ruledef(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	Oid			ruleoid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
-	int			prettyFlags;
-	char	   *res;
-
-	prettyFlags = PRETTYFLAG_INDENT;
-
-	res = pg_get_ruledef_worker(ruleoid, prettyFlags);
-
-	if (res == NULL)
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(string_to_text(res));
-}
-
-
-Datum
-pg_get_ruledef_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Oid			ruleoid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
 	bool		pretty = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index dac40992cbc..b935b6f14c0 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -3962,9 +3962,6 @@
   proargtypes => 'oid oid', prosrc => 'oidge' },
 
 # System-view support functions
-{ oid => '1573', descr => 'source text of a rule',
-  proname => 'pg_get_ruledef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_ruledef' },
 { oid => '1640', descr => 'select statement of a view',
   proname => 'pg_get_viewdef', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
   prorettype => 'text', proargtypes => 'text',
@@ -8516,7 +8513,8 @@
 # System-view support functions with pretty-print option
 { oid => '2504', descr => 'source text of a rule with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_ruledef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_ruledef_ext' },
+  proargtypes => 'oid bool', proargnames => '{rule,pretty}',
+  proargdefaults => '{false}',prosrc => 'pg_get_ruledef' },
 { oid => '2505',
   descr => 'select statement of a view with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_viewdef', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
-- 
2.43.0

>From 13ce84d431a34a78d9715b299d8f9b33b8861290 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wong <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 09:33:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/6] Handle pg_get_viewdef default args in
 system_functions.sql

Modernize pg_get_viewdef to use proargdefaults to handle the optional
pretty argument for both versions that use OID or view name.
---
 src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c | 44 -------------------------------
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat   | 13 +++------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index 31e773fb32e..328f994547e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -659,25 +659,6 @@ pg_get_ruledef_worker(Oid ruleoid, int prettyFlags)
  */
 Datum
 pg_get_viewdef(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	/* By OID */
-	Oid			viewoid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
-	int			prettyFlags;
-	char	   *res;
-
-	prettyFlags = PRETTYFLAG_INDENT;
-
-	res = pg_get_viewdef_worker(viewoid, prettyFlags, WRAP_COLUMN_DEFAULT);
-
-	if (res == NULL)
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(string_to_text(res));
-}
-
-
-Datum
-pg_get_viewdef_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	/* By OID */
 	Oid			viewoid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
@@ -717,31 +698,6 @@ pg_get_viewdef_wrap(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 Datum
 pg_get_viewdef_name(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	/* By qualified name */
-	text	   *viewname = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(0);
-	int			prettyFlags;
-	RangeVar   *viewrel;
-	Oid			viewoid;
-	char	   *res;
-
-	prettyFlags = PRETTYFLAG_INDENT;
-
-	/* Look up view name.  Can't lock it - we might not have privileges. */
-	viewrel = makeRangeVarFromNameList(textToQualifiedNameList(viewname));
-	viewoid = RangeVarGetRelid(viewrel, NoLock, false);
-
-	res = pg_get_viewdef_worker(viewoid, prettyFlags, WRAP_COLUMN_DEFAULT);
-
-	if (res == NULL)
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(string_to_text(res));
-}
-
-
-Datum
-pg_get_viewdef_name_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	/* By qualified name */
 	text	   *viewname = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(0);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index b935b6f14c0..166ae4b5645 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -3962,13 +3962,6 @@
   proargtypes => 'oid oid', prosrc => 'oidge' },
 
 # System-view support functions
-{ oid => '1640', descr => 'select statement of a view',
-  proname => 'pg_get_viewdef', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
-  prorettype => 'text', proargtypes => 'text',
-  prosrc => 'pg_get_viewdef_name' },
-{ oid => '1641', descr => 'select statement of a view',
-  proname => 'pg_get_viewdef', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
-  prorettype => 'text', proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_viewdef' },
 { oid => '1642', descr => 'role name by OID (with fallback)',
   proname => 'pg_get_userbyid', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'name',
   proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_userbyid' },
@@ -8519,12 +8512,14 @@
   descr => 'select statement of a view with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_viewdef', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
   prorettype => 'text', proargtypes => 'text bool',
-  prosrc => 'pg_get_viewdef_name_ext' },
+  proargnames => '{view,pretty}', proargdefaults => '{false}',
+  prosrc => 'pg_get_viewdef_name' },
 { oid => '2506',
   descr => 'select statement of a view with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_viewdef', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
   prorettype => 'text', proargtypes => 'oid bool',
-  prosrc => 'pg_get_viewdef_ext' },
+  proargnames => '{view,pretty}', proargdefaults => '{false}',
+  prosrc => 'pg_get_viewdef' },
 { oid => '3159',
   descr => 'select statement of a view with pretty-printing and specified line wrapping',
   proname => 'pg_get_viewdef', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
-- 
2.43.0

>From e4f7ae2de2a1e0cc131dc35ecf416832e27c6b20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wong <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 10:02:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/6] Handle pg_get_indexdef default args in
 system_functions.sql

Modernize pg_get_indexdef to use proargdefaults to handle the optional
column and pretty argument.
---
 src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c | 20 --------------------
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat   |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index 328f994547e..b40158d30bb 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -1115,26 +1115,6 @@ pg_get_triggerdef_worker(Oid trigid, bool pretty)
  */
 Datum
 pg_get_indexdef(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	Oid			indexrelid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
-	int			prettyFlags;
-	char	   *res;
-
-	prettyFlags = PRETTYFLAG_INDENT;
-
-	res = pg_get_indexdef_worker(indexrelid, 0, NULL,
-								 false, false,
-								 false, false,
-								 prettyFlags, true);
-
-	if (res == NULL)
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(string_to_text(res));
-}
-
-Datum
-pg_get_indexdef_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Oid			indexrelid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
 	int32		colno = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 166ae4b5645..7e45cbcb93d 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -3965,9 +3965,6 @@
 { oid => '1642', descr => 'role name by OID (with fallback)',
   proname => 'pg_get_userbyid', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'name',
   proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_userbyid' },
-{ oid => '1643', descr => 'index description',
-  proname => 'pg_get_indexdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_indexdef' },
 { oid => '3415', descr => 'extended statistics object description',
   proname => 'pg_get_statisticsobjdef', provolatile => 's',
   prorettype => 'text', proargtypes => 'oid',
@@ -8528,7 +8525,8 @@
 { oid => '2507',
   descr => 'index description (full create statement or single expression) with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_indexdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid int4 bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_indexdef_ext' },
+  proargtypes => 'oid int4 bool', proargnames => '{index,column,pretty}',
+  proargdefaults => '{0,false}', prosrc => 'pg_get_indexdef' },
 { oid => '2508', descr => 'constraint description with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_constraintdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'oid bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_constraintdef_ext' },
-- 
2.43.0

>From 07eac504026eb72bc16afe72bdcee00e3d1d5b26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wong <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 10:59:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/6] Handle pg_get_constraintdef default args in
 system_functions.sql

Modernize pg_get_constraintdef to use proargdefaults to handle the
optional pretty argument.
---
 src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c | 17 -----------------
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat   |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index b40158d30bb..03550f0d80b 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -2062,23 +2062,6 @@ pg_get_partconstrdef_string(Oid partitionId, char *aliasname)
  */
 Datum
 pg_get_constraintdef(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	Oid			constraintId = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
-	int			prettyFlags;
-	char	   *res;
-
-	prettyFlags = PRETTYFLAG_INDENT;
-
-	res = pg_get_constraintdef_worker(constraintId, false, prettyFlags, true);
-
-	if (res == NULL)
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(string_to_text(res));
-}
-
-Datum
-pg_get_constraintdef_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Oid			constraintId = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
 	bool		pretty = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 7e45cbcb93d..1d1b24a8f4c 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -3987,9 +3987,6 @@
 { oid => '1662', descr => 'trigger description',
   proname => 'pg_get_triggerdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_triggerdef' },
-{ oid => '1387', descr => 'constraint description',
-  proname => 'pg_get_constraintdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_constraintdef' },
 { oid => '1716', descr => 'deparse an encoded expression',
   proname => 'pg_get_expr', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'pg_node_tree oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_expr' },
@@ -8529,7 +8526,8 @@
   proargdefaults => '{0,false}', prosrc => 'pg_get_indexdef' },
 { oid => '2508', descr => 'constraint description with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_constraintdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_constraintdef_ext' },
+  proargtypes => 'oid bool', proargnames => '{constraint,pretty}',
+  proargdefaults => '{false}', prosrc => 'pg_get_constraintdef' },
 { oid => '2509',
   descr => 'deparse an encoded expression with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_expr', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-- 
2.43.0

>From 49c9382e0ab6a18b687e7fb391b837b8ab33c360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wong <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 11:17:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH v4 5/6] Handle pg_get_expr default args in
 system_functions.sql

Modernize pg_get_expr to use proargdefaults to handle the optional
pretty argument.  That also means any direct function calls now needs to
set the pretty parameter.
---
 src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c  |  5 +++--
 src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c | 17 -----------------
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat   |  7 +++----
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index b04b0dbd2a0..a523a512949 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -17477,8 +17477,9 @@ decompile_conbin(HeapTuple contup, TupleDesc tupdesc)
 	if (isnull)
 		elog(ERROR, "null conbin for constraint %u", con->oid);
 
-	expr = DirectFunctionCall2(pg_get_expr, attr,
-							   ObjectIdGetDatum(con->conrelid));
+	expr = DirectFunctionCall3(pg_get_expr, attr,
+							   ObjectIdGetDatum(con->conrelid),
+							   BoolGetDatum(false));
 	return TextDatumGetCString(expr);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index 03550f0d80b..a70807e84ca 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -2574,23 +2574,6 @@ decompile_column_index_array(Datum column_index_array, Oid relId,
  */
 Datum
 pg_get_expr(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	text	   *expr = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(0);
-	Oid			relid = PG_GETARG_OID(1);
-	text	   *result;
-	int			prettyFlags;
-
-	prettyFlags = PRETTYFLAG_INDENT;
-
-	result = pg_get_expr_worker(expr, relid, prettyFlags);
-	if (result)
-		PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
-	else
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-}
-
-Datum
-pg_get_expr_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	text	   *expr = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(0);
 	Oid			relid = PG_GETARG_OID(1);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 1d1b24a8f4c..69c1e5bb264 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -3987,9 +3987,6 @@
 { oid => '1662', descr => 'trigger description',
   proname => 'pg_get_triggerdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_triggerdef' },
-{ oid => '1716', descr => 'deparse an encoded expression',
-  proname => 'pg_get_expr', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'pg_node_tree oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_expr' },
 { oid => '1665', descr => 'name of sequence for a serial column',
   proname => 'pg_get_serial_sequence', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'text text', prosrc => 'pg_get_serial_sequence' },
@@ -8531,7 +8528,9 @@
 { oid => '2509',
   descr => 'deparse an encoded expression with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_expr', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'pg_node_tree oid bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_expr_ext' },
+  proargtypes => 'pg_node_tree oid bool',
+  proargnames => '{expr,relation,pretty}', proargdefaults => '{false}',
+  prosrc => 'pg_get_expr' },
 { oid => '2510', descr => 'get the prepared statements for this session',
   proname => 'pg_prepared_statement', prorows => '1000', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'record',
-- 
2.43.0

>From 8d48c5a3935efb8e50b5b8d51a240336e124e5d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wong <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 11:51:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH v4 6/6] Handle pg_get_triggerdef default args in
 system_functions.sql

Modernize pg_get_triggerdef to use proargdefaults to handle the optional
pretty argument.
---
 src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c | 14 --------------
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat   |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index a70807e84ca..27be4501e12 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -808,20 +808,6 @@ pg_get_viewdef_worker(Oid viewoid, int prettyFlags, int wrapColumn)
  */
 Datum
 pg_get_triggerdef(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	Oid			trigid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
-	char	   *res;
-
-	res = pg_get_triggerdef_worker(trigid, false);
-
-	if (res == NULL)
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(string_to_text(res));
-}
-
-Datum
-pg_get_triggerdef_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Oid			trigid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
 	bool		pretty = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 69c1e5bb264..b43cbb62b82 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -3984,9 +3984,6 @@
   proname => 'pg_get_partition_constraintdef', provolatile => 's',
   prorettype => 'text', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_get_partition_constraintdef' },
-{ oid => '1662', descr => 'trigger description',
-  proname => 'pg_get_triggerdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_triggerdef' },
 { oid => '1665', descr => 'name of sequence for a serial column',
   proname => 'pg_get_serial_sequence', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'text text', prosrc => 'pg_get_serial_sequence' },
@@ -8566,7 +8563,8 @@
   prosrc => 'pg_timezone_names' },
 { oid => '2730', descr => 'trigger description with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_triggerdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_triggerdef_ext' },
+  proargtypes => 'oid bool', proargnames => '{trigger,pretty}',
+  proargdefaults => '{false}', prosrc => 'pg_get_triggerdef' },
 
 # asynchronous notifications
 { oid => '3035',
-- 
2.43.0

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