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diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c
index d10a98396c7..d91bc3b30de 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c
@@ -1823,6 +1823,19 @@ set_dummy_tlist_references(Plan *plan, int rtoffset)
Var *oldvar = (Var *) tle->expr;
Var *newvar;
+ /*
+ * As in search_indexed_tlist_for_non_var(), we prefer to keep Consts
+ * as Consts, not Vars referencing Consts. Here, there's no speed
+ * advantage to be had, but it makes EXPLAIN output look cleaner, and
+ * again it avoids confusing the executor.
+ */
+ if (IsA(oldvar, Const))
+ {
+ /* just reuse the existing TLE node */
+ output_targetlist = lappend(output_targetlist, tle);
+ continue;
+ }
+
newvar = makeVar(OUTER_VAR,
tle->resno,
exprType((Node *) oldvar),
@@ -2010,6 +2023,16 @@ search_indexed_tlist_for_non_var(Node *node,
{
TargetEntry *tle;
+ /*
+ * If it's a simple Const, replacing it with a Var is silly, even if there
+ * happens to be an identical Const below; a Var is more expensive to
+ * execute than a Const. What's more, replacing it could confuse some
+ * places in the executor that expect to see simple Consts for, eg,
+ * dropped columns.
+ */
+ if (IsA(node, Const))
+ return NULL;
+
tle = tlist_member(node, itlist->tlist);
if (tle)
{