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diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
index 1df2cd29402..5eb17f3b05c 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c,v 1.115 2002/03/12 00:51:47 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c,v 1.116 2002/04/28 19:54:28 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@
#define EXPRKIND_HAVING 2
-static Node *pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode);
+static Node *pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode,
+ bool below_outer_join);
static bool is_simple_subquery(Query *subquery);
+static bool has_nullable_targetlist(Query *subquery);
static void resolvenew_in_jointree(Node *jtnode, int varno, List *subtlist);
static Node *preprocess_jointree(Query *parse, Node *jtnode);
static Node *preprocess_expression(Query *parse, Node *expr, int kind);
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ subquery_planner(Query *parse, double tuple_fraction)
* this query.
*/
parse->jointree = (FromExpr *)
- pull_up_subqueries(parse, (Node *) parse->jointree);
+ pull_up_subqueries(parse, (Node *) parse->jointree, false);
/*
* If so, we may have created opportunities to simplify the jointree.
@@ -264,6 +266,9 @@ subquery_planner(Query *parse, double tuple_fraction)
* the parent query. If the subquery has no special features like
* grouping/aggregation then we can merge it into the parent's jointree.
*
+ * below_outer_join is true if this jointree node is within the nullable
+ * side of an outer join. This restricts what we can do.
+ *
* A tricky aspect of this code is that if we pull up a subquery we have
* to replace Vars that reference the subquery's outputs throughout the
* parent query, including quals attached to jointree nodes above the one
@@ -274,7 +279,7 @@ subquery_planner(Query *parse, double tuple_fraction)
* copy of the tree; we have to invoke it just on the quals, instead.
*/
static Node *
-pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode)
+pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode, bool below_outer_join)
{
if (jtnode == NULL)
return NULL;
@@ -288,16 +293,26 @@ pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode)
* Is this a subquery RTE, and if so, is the subquery simple
* enough to pull up? (If not, do nothing at this node.)
*
+ * If we are inside an outer join, only pull up subqueries whose
+ * targetlists are nullable --- otherwise substituting their tlist
+ * entries for upper Var references would do the wrong thing
+ * (the results wouldn't become NULL when they're supposed to).
+ * XXX This could be improved by generating pseudo-variables for
+ * such expressions; we'd have to figure out how to get the pseudo-
+ * variables evaluated at the right place in the modified plan tree.
+ * Fix it someday.
+ *
* Note: even if the subquery itself is simple enough, we can't pull
- * it up if there is a reference to its whole tuple result.
+ * it up if there is a reference to its whole tuple result. Perhaps
+ * a pseudo-variable is the answer here too.
*/
- if (subquery && is_simple_subquery(subquery) &&
+ if (rte->rtekind == RTE_SUBQUERY && is_simple_subquery(subquery) &&
+ (!below_outer_join || has_nullable_targetlist(subquery)) &&
!contain_whole_tuple_var((Node *) parse, varno, 0))
{
int rtoffset;
- Node *subjointree;
List *subtlist;
- List *l;
+ List *rt;
/*
* First, recursively pull up the subquery's subqueries, so
@@ -311,50 +326,62 @@ pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode)
* having chunks of structure multiply linked.
*/
subquery->jointree = (FromExpr *)
- pull_up_subqueries(subquery, (Node *) subquery->jointree);
+ pull_up_subqueries(subquery, (Node *) subquery->jointree,
+ below_outer_join);
/*
- * Append the subquery's rangetable to mine (currently, no
- * adjustments will be needed in the subquery's rtable).
+ * Now make a modifiable copy of the subquery that we can
+ * run OffsetVarNodes on.
*/
- rtoffset = length(parse->rtable);
- parse->rtable = nconc(parse->rtable,
- copyObject(subquery->rtable));
+ subquery = copyObject(subquery);
/*
- * Make copies of the subquery's jointree and targetlist with
- * varnos adjusted to match the merged rangetable.
+ * Adjust varnos in subquery so that we can append its
+ * rangetable to upper query's.
*/
- subjointree = copyObject(subquery->jointree);
- OffsetVarNodes(subjointree, rtoffset, 0);
- subtlist = copyObject(subquery->targetList);
- OffsetVarNodes((Node *) subtlist, rtoffset, 0);
+ rtoffset = length(parse->rtable);
+ OffsetVarNodes((Node *) subquery, rtoffset, 0);
/*
* Replace all of the top query's references to the subquery's
* outputs with copies of the adjusted subtlist items, being
* careful not to replace any of the jointree structure.
+ * (This'd be a lot cleaner if we could use query_tree_mutator.)
*/
+ subtlist = subquery->targetList;
parse->targetList = (List *)
ResolveNew((Node *) parse->targetList,
varno, 0, subtlist, CMD_SELECT, 0);
resolvenew_in_jointree((Node *) parse->jointree, varno, subtlist);
+ Assert(parse->setOperations == NULL);
parse->havingQual =
ResolveNew(parse->havingQual,
varno, 0, subtlist, CMD_SELECT, 0);
- /*
- * Pull up any FOR UPDATE markers, too.
- */
- foreach(l, subquery->rowMarks)
+ foreach(rt, parse->rtable)
{
- int submark = lfirsti(l);
+ RangeTblEntry *rte = (RangeTblEntry *) lfirst(rt);
- parse->rowMarks = lappendi(parse->rowMarks,
- submark + rtoffset);
+ if (rte->rtekind == RTE_JOIN)
+ rte->joinaliasvars = (List *)
+ ResolveNew((Node *) rte->joinaliasvars,
+ varno, 0, subtlist, CMD_SELECT, 0);
}
/*
+ * Now append the adjusted rtable entries to upper query.
+ * (We hold off until after fixing the upper rtable entries;
+ * no point in running that code on the subquery ones too.)
+ */
+ parse->rtable = nconc(parse->rtable, subquery->rtable);
+
+ /*
+ * Pull up any FOR UPDATE markers, too. (OffsetVarNodes
+ * already adjusted the marker values, so just nconc the list.)
+ */
+ parse->rowMarks = nconc(parse->rowMarks, subquery->rowMarks);
+
+ /*
* Miscellaneous housekeeping.
*/
parse->hasSubLinks |= subquery->hasSubLinks;
@@ -364,7 +391,7 @@ pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode)
* Return the adjusted subquery jointree to replace the
* RangeTblRef entry in my jointree.
*/
- return subjointree;
+ return (Node *) subquery->jointree;
}
}
else if (IsA(jtnode, FromExpr))
@@ -373,35 +400,39 @@ pull_up_subqueries(Query *parse, Node *jtnode)
List *l;
foreach(l, f->fromlist)
- lfirst(l) = pull_up_subqueries(parse, lfirst(l));
+ lfirst(l) = pull_up_subqueries(parse, lfirst(l),
+ below_outer_join);
}
else if (IsA(jtnode, JoinExpr))
{
JoinExpr *j = (JoinExpr *) jtnode;
- /*
- * At the moment, we can't pull up subqueries that are inside the
- * nullable side of an outer join, because substituting their
- * target list entries for upper Var references wouldn't do the
- * right thing (the entries wouldn't go to NULL when they're
- * supposed to). Suppressing the pullup is an ugly,
- * performance-losing hack, but I see no alternative for now. Find
- * a better way to handle this when we redesign query trees ---
- * tgl 4/30/01.
- */
+ /* Recurse, being careful to tell myself when inside outer join */
switch (j->jointype)
{
case JOIN_INNER:
- j->larg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->larg);
- j->rarg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->rarg);
+ j->larg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->larg,
+ below_outer_join);
+ j->rarg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->rarg,
+ below_outer_join);
break;
case JOIN_LEFT:
- j->larg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->larg);
+ j->larg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->larg,
+ below_outer_join);
+ j->rarg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->rarg,
+ true);
break;
case JOIN_FULL:
+ j->larg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->larg,
+ true);
+ j->rarg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->rarg,
+ true);
break;
case JOIN_RIGHT:
- j->rarg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->rarg);
+ j->larg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->larg,
+ true);
+ j->rarg = pull_up_subqueries(parse, j->rarg,
+ below_outer_join);
break;
case JOIN_UNION:
@@ -485,6 +516,37 @@ is_simple_subquery(Query *subquery)
}
/*
+ * has_nullable_targetlist
+ * Check a subquery in the range table to see if all the non-junk
+ * targetlist items are simple variables (and, hence, will correctly
+ * go to NULL when examined above the point of an outer join).
+ *
+ * A possible future extension is to accept strict functions of simple
+ * variables, eg, "x + 1".
+ */
+static bool
+has_nullable_targetlist(Query *subquery)
+{
+ List *l;
+
+ foreach(l, subquery->targetList)
+ {
+ TargetEntry *tle = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(l);
+
+ /* ignore resjunk columns */
+ if (tle->resdom->resjunk)
+ continue;
+
+ /* Okay if tlist item is a simple Var */
+ if (tle->expr && IsA(tle->expr, Var))
+ continue;
+
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+/*
* Helper routine for pull_up_subqueries: do ResolveNew on every expression
* in the jointree, without changing the jointree structure itself. Ugly,
* but there's no other way...
@@ -675,7 +737,7 @@ preprocess_expression(Query *parse, Node *expr, int kind)
}
}
if (has_join_rtes)
- expr = flatten_join_alias_vars(expr, parse, 0);
+ expr = flatten_join_alias_vars(expr, parse, false);
return expr;
}