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release-21.2: sql: ALTER PRIMARY KEY rewrites secondary index if new PK subsets old PK #84578

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Backport 1/1 commits from #84303.

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Previously, during a ALTER PRIMARY KEY, if the new PK columns is a
subset of the old PK columns, we won't rewrite existing unique,
secondary index.

This was inadequate because the user might think this column is not used
anywhere and will want to drop it, which will unexpectedly drop the
dependent unique index.

Fixes: #84040

Release note (bug fix): This PR fixed a bug where, in a
ALTER PRIMARY KEY, if the new PK columns is a
subset of the old PK columns, we will not rewrite existing secondary
index, and hence those secondary indexes continue to have some of
the old PK columns in their suffixColumns.

But the user might, reasonably, think those columns are not used anymore
and proceed to drop them. The bug then caused those dependent secondary
indexes to be dropped, unexpectedly for the user.

Release justification: fixed a bug where unique indexes will be silently
dropped after ALTER PRIMARY KEY followed by DROP COLUMN.

Previously, during a `ALTER PRIMARY KEY`, if the new PK columns is a
subset of the old PK columns, we won't rewrite existing unique,
secondary index.

This was inadequate because the user might think this column is not used
anywhere and will want to drop it, which will unexpectedly drop the
dependent unique index.

Release note (bug fix): This PR fixed a bug where, in a
`ALTER PRIMARY KEY`, if the new PK columns is a subset of the old PK
columns, we will not rewrite existing secondary index, and hence those
secondary indexes continue to have some of the old PK columns in their
`suffixColumns`. But the user might, reasonably, think those columns
are not used anymore and proceed to drop them. The bug then caused
those dependent secondary indexes to be dropped, unexpectedly for
the user.

Release justification: fixed a bug where unique indexes will be
silently dropped after `ALTER PRIMARY KEY` followed by `DROP COLUMN`.
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@Xiang-Gu Xiang-Gu merged commit afebfe2 into cockroachdb:release-21.2 Jul 19, 2022
@Xiang-Gu Xiang-Gu deleted the backport21.2-84303 branch July 19, 2022 14:32
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