diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execQual.c b/src/backend/executor/execQual.c
index 6ac61d3c5beb12389149bdea69e9a33ef7607fdf..7394b3d32a91075376eccd58764dae02a4be5615 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execQual.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execQual.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/execQual.c,v 1.165 2004/08/02 01:30:41 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/execQual.c,v 1.166 2004/08/17 18:47:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "executor/nodeSubplan.h"
 #include "funcapi.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "optimizer/planmain.h"
 #include "parser/parse_expr.h"
 #include "utils/acl.h"
@@ -2096,7 +2097,7 @@ ExecEvalRow(RowExprState *rstate,
 	HeapTuple	tuple;
 	Datum	   *values;
 	char	   *nulls;
-	int			nargs;
+	int			natts;
 	ListCell   *arg;
 	int			i;
 
@@ -2106,9 +2107,12 @@ ExecEvalRow(RowExprState *rstate,
 		*isDone = ExprSingleResult;
 
 	/* Allocate workspace */
-	nargs = list_length(rstate->args);
-	values = (Datum *) palloc(nargs * sizeof(Datum));
-	nulls = (char *) palloc(nargs * sizeof(char));
+	natts = rstate->tupdesc->natts;
+	values = (Datum *) palloc0(natts * sizeof(Datum));
+	nulls = (char *) palloc(natts * sizeof(char));
+
+	/* preset to nulls in case rowtype has some later-added columns */
+	memset(nulls, 'n', natts * sizeof(char));
 
 	/* Evaluate field values */
 	i = 0;
@@ -2979,19 +2983,12 @@ ExecInitExpr(Expr *node, PlanState *parent)
 			{
 				RowExpr	   *rowexpr = (RowExpr *) node;
 				RowExprState *rstate = makeNode(RowExprState);
+				Form_pg_attribute *attrs;
 				List	   *outlist = NIL;
 				ListCell   *l;
+				int			i;
 
 				rstate->xprstate.evalfunc = (ExprStateEvalFunc) ExecEvalRow;
-				foreach(l, rowexpr->args)
-				{
-					Expr	   *e = (Expr *) lfirst(l);
-					ExprState  *estate;
-
-					estate = ExecInitExpr(e, parent);
-					outlist = lappend(outlist, estate);
-				}
-				rstate->args = outlist;
 				/* Build tupdesc to describe result tuples */
 				if (rowexpr->row_typeid == RECORDOID)
 				{
@@ -3003,7 +3000,46 @@ ExecInitExpr(Expr *node, PlanState *parent)
 				{
 					/* it's been cast to a named type, use that */
 					rstate->tupdesc = lookup_rowtype_tupdesc(rowexpr->row_typeid, -1);
+					rstate->tupdesc = CreateTupleDescCopy(rstate->tupdesc);
 				}
+				/* Set up evaluation, skipping any deleted columns */
+				Assert(list_length(rowexpr->args) <= rstate->tupdesc->natts);
+				attrs = rstate->tupdesc->attrs;
+				i = 0;
+				foreach(l, rowexpr->args)
+				{
+					Expr	   *e = (Expr *) lfirst(l);
+					ExprState  *estate;
+
+					if (!attrs[i]->attisdropped)
+					{
+						/*
+						 * Guard against ALTER COLUMN TYPE on rowtype
+						 * since the RowExpr was created.  XXX should we
+						 * check typmod too?  Not sure we can be sure it'll
+						 * be the same.
+						 */
+						if (exprType((Node *) e) != attrs[i]->atttypid)
+							ereport(ERROR,
+									(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+									 errmsg("ROW() column has type %s instead of type %s",
+											format_type_be(exprType((Node *) e)),
+											format_type_be(attrs[i]->atttypid))));
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						/*
+						 * Ignore original expression and insert a NULL.
+						 * We don't really care what type of NULL it is,
+						 * so always make an int4 NULL.
+						 */
+						e = (Expr *) makeNullConst(INT4OID);
+					}
+					estate = ExecInitExpr(e, parent);
+					outlist = lappend(outlist, estate);
+					i++;
+				}
+				rstate->args = outlist;
 				state = (ExprState *) rstate;
 			}
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
index 68d2529889e86d7c884acb63c4ed8fdcb1a3a0e7..f941375127c4cd4397019b9c064193b375a5ae66 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c,v 1.177 2004/08/02 01:30:43 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c,v 1.178 2004/08/17 18:47:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  * HISTORY
  *	  AUTHOR			DATE			MAJOR EVENT
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
+#include "utils/typcache.h"
 
 
 typedef struct
@@ -1054,6 +1055,33 @@ set_coercionform_dontcare_walker(Node *node, void *context)
 								  context);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Helper for eval_const_expressions: check that datatype of an attribute
+ * is still what it was when the expression was parsed.  This is needed to
+ * guard against improper simplification after ALTER COLUMN TYPE.  (XXX we
+ * may well need to make similar checks elsewhere?)
+ */
+static bool
+rowtype_field_matches(Oid rowtypeid, int fieldnum,
+					  Oid expectedtype, int32 expectedtypmod)
+{
+	TupleDesc	tupdesc;
+	Form_pg_attribute attr;
+
+	/* No issue for RECORD, since there is no way to ALTER such a type */
+	if (rowtypeid == RECORDOID)
+		return true;
+	tupdesc = lookup_rowtype_tupdesc(rowtypeid, -1);
+	if (fieldnum <= 0 || fieldnum > tupdesc->natts)
+		return false;
+	attr = tupdesc->attrs[fieldnum - 1];
+	if (attr->attisdropped ||
+		attr->atttypid != expectedtype ||
+		attr->atttypmod != expectedtypmod)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 
 /*--------------------
  * eval_const_expressions
@@ -1630,6 +1658,10 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 		 * parser, because ParseComplexProjection short-circuits it. But
 		 * it can arise while simplifying functions.)  Also, we can
 		 * optimize field selection from a RowExpr construct.
+		 *
+		 * We must however check that the declared type of the field is
+		 * still the same as when the FieldSelect was created --- this
+		 * can change if someone did ALTER COLUMN TYPE on the rowtype.
 		 */
 		FieldSelect *fselect = (FieldSelect *) node;
 		FieldSelect *newfselect;
@@ -1640,11 +1672,15 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 		if (arg && IsA(arg, Var) &&
 			((Var *) arg)->varattno == InvalidAttrNumber)
 		{
-			return (Node *) makeVar(((Var *) arg)->varno,
-									fselect->fieldnum,
-									fselect->resulttype,
-									fselect->resulttypmod,
-									((Var *) arg)->varlevelsup);
+			if (rowtype_field_matches(((Var *) arg)->vartype,
+									  fselect->fieldnum,
+									  fselect->resulttype,
+									  fselect->resulttypmod))
+				return (Node *) makeVar(((Var *) arg)->varno,
+										fselect->fieldnum,
+										fselect->resulttype,
+										fselect->resulttypmod,
+										((Var *) arg)->varlevelsup);
 		}
 		if (arg && IsA(arg, RowExpr))
 		{
@@ -1652,7 +1688,18 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 
 			if (fselect->fieldnum > 0 &&
 				fselect->fieldnum <= list_length(rowexpr->args))
-				return (Node *) list_nth(rowexpr->args, fselect->fieldnum - 1);
+			{
+				Node *fld = (Node *) list_nth(rowexpr->args,
+											  fselect->fieldnum - 1);
+
+				if (rowtype_field_matches(rowexpr->row_typeid,
+										  fselect->fieldnum,
+										  fselect->resulttype,
+										  fselect->resulttypmod) &&
+					fselect->resulttype == exprType(fld) &&
+					fselect->resulttypmod == exprTypmod(fld))
+					return fld;
+			}
 		}
 		newfselect = makeNode(FieldSelect);
 		newfselect->arg = (Expr *) arg;
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 3878d07d5a189f8be32b41bb0892b06676359e45..8065b261beb1935c7592d81c6c40843e31470b3c 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.119 2004/06/16 01:26:44 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.120 2004/08/17 18:47:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -648,10 +648,15 @@ coerce_record_to_complex(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 	List	   *args = NIL;
 	List	   *newargs;
 	int			i;
+	int			ucolno;
 	ListCell   *arg;
 
 	if (node && IsA(node, RowExpr))
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Since the RowExpr must be of type RECORD, we needn't worry
+		 * about it containing any dropped columns.
+		 */
 		args = ((RowExpr *) node)->args;
 	}
 	else if (node && IsA(node, Var) &&
@@ -670,6 +675,8 @@ coerce_record_to_complex(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 			Oid		vartype;
 			int32	vartypmod;
 
+			if (get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(rte, nf))
+				continue;
 			get_rte_attribute_type(rte, nf, &vartype, &vartypmod);
 			args = lappend(args,
 						   makeVar(((Var *) node)->varno,
@@ -687,19 +694,34 @@ coerce_record_to_complex(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 						format_type_be(targetTypeId))));
 
 	tupdesc = lookup_rowtype_tupdesc(targetTypeId, -1);
-	if (list_length(args) != tupdesc->natts)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_CANNOT_COERCE),
-				 errmsg("cannot cast type %s to %s",
-						format_type_be(RECORDOID),
-						format_type_be(targetTypeId)),
-				 errdetail("Input has wrong number of columns.")));
 	newargs = NIL;
-	i = 0;
-	foreach(arg, args)
+	ucolno = 1;
+	arg = list_head(args);
+	for (i = 0; i < tupdesc->natts; i++)
 	{
-		Node   *expr = (Node *) lfirst(arg);
-		Oid		exprtype = exprType(expr);
+		Node   *expr;
+		Oid		exprtype;
+
+		/* Fill in NULLs for dropped columns in rowtype */
+		if (tupdesc->attrs[i]->attisdropped)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * can't use atttypid here, but it doesn't really matter
+			 * what type the Const claims to be.
+			 */
+			newargs = lappend(newargs, makeNullConst(INT4OID));
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (arg == NULL)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_CANNOT_COERCE),
+					 errmsg("cannot cast type %s to %s",
+							format_type_be(RECORDOID),
+							format_type_be(targetTypeId)),
+					 errdetail("Input has too few columns.")));
+		expr = (Node *) lfirst(arg);
+		exprtype = exprType(expr);
 
 		expr = coerce_to_target_type(pstate,
 									 expr, exprtype,
@@ -716,10 +738,18 @@ coerce_record_to_complex(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 					 errdetail("Cannot cast type %s to %s in column %d.",
 							   format_type_be(exprtype),
 							   format_type_be(tupdesc->attrs[i]->atttypid),
-							   i + 1)));
+							   ucolno)));
 		newargs = lappend(newargs, expr);
-		i++;
+		ucolno++;
+		arg = lnext(arg);
 	}
+	if (arg != NULL)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_CANNOT_COERCE),
+				 errmsg("cannot cast type %s to %s",
+						format_type_be(RECORDOID),
+						format_type_be(targetTypeId)),
+				 errdetail("Input has too many columns.")));
 
 	rowexpr = makeNode(RowExpr);
 	rowexpr->args = newargs;
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
index fcec2cb39dd3de58274e3ea38afc4845a486fb2f..3f32f8c80f5340f7aac15270e9b05e96a142f560 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c,v 1.96 2004/05/30 23:40:35 neilc Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c,v 1.97 2004/08/17 18:47:08 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ static Node *scanNameSpaceForRelid(ParseState *pstate, Node *nsnode,
 static void scanNameSpaceForConflict(ParseState *pstate, Node *nsnode,
 						 RangeTblEntry *rte1, const char *aliasname1);
 static bool isForUpdate(ParseState *pstate, char *refname);
-static bool get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(RangeTblEntry *rte,
-							 AttrNumber attnum);
 static int	specialAttNum(const char *attname);
 static void warnAutoRange(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation);
 
@@ -1699,7 +1697,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
  * get_rte_attribute_is_dropped
  *		Check whether attempted attribute ref is to a dropped column
  */
-static bool
+bool
 get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum)
 {
 	bool		result;
diff --git a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c
index d8cd7de5efa7ca4ffb0a39298eb46f74212227af..86412e90634adf34a0c47e82c09c23d0d1d39320 100644
--- a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c
+++ b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c,v 1.84 2004/05/30 23:40:35 neilc Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c,v 1.85 2004/08/17 18:47:09 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "optimizer/clauses.h"
 #include "optimizer/tlist.h"
@@ -938,18 +939,30 @@ ResolveNew_mutator(Node *node, ResolveNew_context *context)
 
 				for (nf = 1; nf <= nfields; nf++)
 				{
-					Oid		vartype;
-					int32	vartypmod;
-					Var	   *newvar;
-
-					get_rte_attribute_type(rte, nf, &vartype, &vartypmod);
-					newvar = makeVar(this_varno,
-									 nf,
-									 vartype,
-									 vartypmod,
-									 this_varlevelsup);
-					fields = lappend(fields,
-									 resolve_one_var(newvar, context));
+					if (get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(rte, nf))
+					{
+						/*
+						 * can't determine att type here, but it doesn't
+						 * really matter what type the Const claims to be.
+						 */
+						fields = lappend(fields,
+										 makeNullConst(INT4OID));
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						Oid		vartype;
+						int32	vartypmod;
+						Var	   *newvar;
+
+						get_rte_attribute_type(rte, nf, &vartype, &vartypmod);
+						newvar = makeVar(this_varno,
+										 nf,
+										 vartype,
+										 vartypmod,
+										 this_varlevelsup);
+						fields = lappend(fields,
+										 resolve_one_var(newvar, context));
+					}
 				}
 
 				rowexpr = makeNode(RowExpr);
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index e3b9a4e068a9f62f127d93131e166bbc256e4094..8e1420d9267b037212034c5d83a08a96f32be277 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *				back to source text
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c,v 1.176 2004/08/02 04:27:15 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c,v 1.177 2004/08/17 18:47:09 tgl Exp $
  *
  *	  This software is copyrighted by Jan Wieck - Hamburg.
  *
@@ -3283,22 +3283,54 @@ get_rule_expr(Node *node, deparse_context *context,
 		case T_RowExpr:
 			{
 				RowExpr	   *rowexpr = (RowExpr *) node;
+				TupleDesc	tupdesc = NULL;
 				ListCell   *arg;
+				int			i;
 				char	   *sep;
 
 				/*
-				 * SQL99 allows "ROW" to be omitted when list_length(args) > 1,
-				 * but for simplicity we always print it.
+				 * If it's a named type and not RECORD, we may have to skip
+				 * dropped columns and/or claim there are NULLs for added
+				 * columns.
+				 */
+				if (rowexpr->row_typeid != RECORDOID)
+				{
+					tupdesc = lookup_rowtype_tupdesc(rowexpr->row_typeid, -1);
+					Assert(list_length(rowexpr->args) <= tupdesc->natts);
+				}
+
+				/*
+				 * SQL99 allows "ROW" to be omitted when there is more than
+				 * one column, but for simplicity we always print it.
 				 */
 				appendStringInfo(buf, "ROW(");
 				sep = "";
+				i = 0;
 				foreach(arg, rowexpr->args)
 				{
 					Node	   *e = (Node *) lfirst(arg);
 
-					appendStringInfo(buf, sep);
-					get_rule_expr(e, context, true);
-					sep = ", ";
+					if (tupdesc == NULL ||
+						!tupdesc->attrs[i]->attisdropped)
+					{
+						appendStringInfo(buf, sep);
+						get_rule_expr(e, context, true);
+						sep = ", ";
+					}
+					i++;
+				}
+				if (tupdesc != NULL)
+				{
+					while (i < tupdesc->natts)
+					{
+						if (!tupdesc->attrs[i]->attisdropped)
+						{
+							appendStringInfo(buf, sep);
+							appendStringInfo(buf, "NULL");
+							sep = ", ";
+						}
+						i++;
+					}
 				}
 				appendStringInfo(buf, ")");
 				if (rowexpr->row_format == COERCE_EXPLICIT_CAST)
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h b/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
index 3ed4d74ee3546cb3d270650f23320805bb5e0c89..5abdbd548fd3fc40e80e8e06fdbe6e5e573e2ccf 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h,v 1.100 2004/06/09 19:08:18 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h,v 1.101 2004/08/17 18:47:09 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -97,13 +97,16 @@ typedef struct Resdom
  * Alias -
  *	  specifies an alias for a range variable; the alias might also
  *	  specify renaming of columns within the table.
+ *
+ * Note: colnames is a list of Value nodes (always strings).  In an RTE's
+ * eref Alias, the colnames list includes dropped columns, so that the
+ * colname list position matches the physical attribute number.
  */
 typedef struct Alias
 {
 	NodeTag		type;
 	char	   *aliasname;		/* aliased rel name (never qualified) */
 	List	   *colnames;		/* optional list of column aliases */
-	/* Note: colnames is a list of Value nodes (always strings) */
 } Alias;
 
 typedef enum InhOption
@@ -663,6 +666,16 @@ typedef struct ArrayExpr
 
 /*
  * RowExpr - a ROW() expression
+ *
+ * Note: the list of fields must have a one-for-one correspondence with
+ * physical fields of the associated rowtype, although it is okay for it
+ * to be shorter than the rowtype.  That is, the N'th list element must
+ * match up with the N'th physical field.  When the N'th physical field
+ * is a dropped column (attisdropped) then the N'th list element can just
+ * be a NULL constant.  (This case can only occur for named composite types,
+ * not RECORD types, since those are built from the RowExpr itself rather
+ * than vice versa.)  It is important not to assume that length(args) is
+ * the same as the number of columns logically present in the rowtype.
  */
 typedef struct RowExpr
 {
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parsetree.h b/src/include/parser/parsetree.h
index 9b488c397ac7c625e9583de2b110de73b04e023a..e7f401ac315c896d4a12d4b17b31c019898c442b 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parsetree.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parsetree.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/parser/parsetree.h,v 1.24 2004/05/26 04:41:46 neilc Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/parser/parsetree.h,v 1.25 2004/08/17 18:47:09 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ extern char *get_rte_attribute_name(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum);
 extern void get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 					   Oid *vartype, int32 *vartypmod);
 
+/*
+ * Check whether an attribute of an RTE has been dropped (note that
+ * get_rte_attribute_type will fail on such an attr)
+ */
+extern bool get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(RangeTblEntry *rte,
+										 AttrNumber attnum);
+
 
 /* ----------------
  *		target list operations