ALTER TABLE reports " ERROR:  tuple already updated by self "
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ALTER TABLE reports " ERROR:  tuple already updated by self "

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Article ID: 413937

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Products

VMware Tanzu Data Suite VMware Tanzu Greenplum VMware Tanzu Greenplum / Gemfire

Issue/Introduction

When altering a partition table to set it as "DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY" the following error is reported:

gpadmin=# ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS sch01.part01 SET WITH (REORGANIZE=TRUE) DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY;
ERROR:  tuple already updated by self (heapam.c:4265)

Cause

Code bug in Greenplum Database 7.x

Resolution

There is no workaround for the issue.

Upgrade to Greenplum 7.6.1 or above to get the fix.