Re: Fix DROP PROPERTY GRAPH "unsupported object class" error

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 12:57:37PM +0530, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 04:19:26PM +0000, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> > > Indeed, getObjectTypeDescription() and getObjectIdentityParts() are missing switch
> > > cases for PropgraphElementLabelRelationId and PropgraphLabelPropertyRelationId,
> > > causing DROP PROPERTY GRAPH to hit the default case and error out with
> > > "unsupported object class".
> >
> > Hmm.  Couldn't these code paths be reached as well with the object
> > functions like pg_describe_object(), pg_get_object_address(),
> > pg_identify_object_as_address() or pg_identify_object()?  Object
> > descriptions usually stick within object_address.sql.  The new objects
> > you would want to stick should be covered as well in this test suite,
> > and the file already has some property graphs in it.
> 
> +1. See emails around [1] for some discussion about existing property
> graph object definitions.

Yeah that makes sense to also add some tests here, done in the attached.

> > > The bug only manifests when an event trigger is active, because that is what
> > > calls these functions.
> >
> That covers everything you want to test and its minimal change to the
> test. But I see that the event triggers for all objects are tested in
> event_triggers.sql. So I think the new test should be added to that
> file.

A simpler test has been done in event_trigger.sql instead.

> > > I think that's worth an open item and I'll add one for this issue.
> >
> > This should be an open item, I guess, yes.  Could you add one? 

One has already been created (I think you need to be logged in to see the
updates).

> Element label, label property are not user visible objects per say, so
> I am not sure whether the code changes are in the right direction. But
> it's also true that we shouldn't get an error in the presence of an
> event trigger. We need to fix that.

Agreed.

Regards,

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Bertrand Drouvot
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