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Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/nodes/relation.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/nodes/relation.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/relation.h b/src/include/nodes/relation.h index cf567b99746..6a72504a2f7 100644 --- a/src/include/nodes/relation.h +++ b/src/include/nodes/relation.h @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/nodes/relation.h,v 1.171 2009/03/26 17:15:35 tgl Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/nodes/relation.h,v 1.172 2009/04/16 20:42:16 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -920,8 +920,14 @@ typedef struct HashPath * * RestrictInfo nodes also contain an outerjoin_delayed flag, which is true * if the clause's applicability must be delayed due to any outer joins - * appearing below its own syntactic level (ie, it references any Vars from - * the nullable side of any lower outer join). + * appearing below it (ie, it has to be postponed to some join level higher + * than the set of relations it actually references). There is also a + * nullable_relids field, which is the set of rels it references that can be + * forced null by some outer join below the clause. outerjoin_delayed = true + * is subtly different from nullable_relids != NULL: a clause might reference + * some nullable rels and yet not be outerjoin_delayed because it also + * references all the other rels of the outer join(s). A clause that is not + * outerjoin_delayed can be enforced anywhere it is computable. * * In general, the referenced clause might be arbitrarily complex. The * kinds of clauses we can handle as indexscan quals, mergejoin clauses, @@ -983,6 +989,9 @@ typedef struct RestrictInfo /* The set of relids required to evaluate the clause: */ Relids required_relids; + /* The relids used in the clause that are nullable by lower outer joins: */ + Relids nullable_relids; + /* These fields are set for any binary opclause: */ Relids left_relids; /* relids in left side of clause */ Relids right_relids; /* relids in right side of clause */ |