1 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 * The query optimizer external interface.
6 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
7 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
11 * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c,v 1.85 2000/06/20 04:22:21 tgl Exp $
13 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
15 #include <sys/types.h>
19 #include "access/heapam.h"
20 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
21 #include "executor/executor.h"
22 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
23 #include "optimizer/clauses.h"
24 #include "optimizer/paths.h"
25 #include "optimizer/plancat.h"
26 #include "optimizer/planmain.h"
27 #include "optimizer/planner.h"
28 #include "optimizer/prep.h"
29 #include "optimizer/subselect.h"
30 #include "optimizer/tlist.h"
31 #include "optimizer/var.h"
32 #include "parser/parse_expr.h"
33 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
34 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
37 static List *make_subplanTargetList(Query *parse, List *tlist,
38 AttrNumber **groupColIdx);
39 static Plan *make_groupplan(List *group_tlist, bool tuplePerGroup,
40 List *groupClause, AttrNumber *grpColIdx,
41 bool is_presorted, Plan *subplan);
42 static Plan *make_sortplan(List *tlist, Plan *plannode, List *sortcls);
44 /*****************************************************************************
46 * Query optimizer entry point
48 *****************************************************************************/
54 /* Initialize state for subselects */
55 PlannerQueryLevel = 1;
56 PlannerInitPlan = NULL;
57 PlannerParamVar = NULL;
60 /* this should go away sometime soon */
61 transformKeySetQuery(parse);
63 /* primary planning entry point (may recurse for subplans) */
64 result_plan = subquery_planner(parse, -1.0 /* default case */ );
66 Assert(PlannerQueryLevel == 1);
68 /* if top-level query had subqueries, do housekeeping for them */
69 if (PlannerPlanId > 0)
71 (void) SS_finalize_plan(result_plan);
72 result_plan->initPlan = PlannerInitPlan;
75 /* executor wants to know total number of Params used overall */
76 result_plan->nParamExec = length(PlannerParamVar);
78 /* final cleanup of the plan */
79 set_plan_references(result_plan);
85 /*--------------------
87 * Invokes the planner on a subquery. We recurse to here for each
88 * sub-SELECT found in the query tree.
90 * parse is the querytree produced by the parser & rewriter.
91 * tuple_fraction is the fraction of tuples we expect will be retrieved.
92 * tuple_fraction is interpreted as explained for union_planner, below.
94 * Basically, this routine does the stuff that should only be done once
95 * per Query object. It then calls union_planner, which may be called
96 * recursively on the same Query node in order to handle UNIONs and/or
97 * inheritance. subquery_planner is called recursively from subselect.c
98 * to handle sub-Query nodes found within the query's expressions.
100 * prepunion.c uses an unholy combination of calling union_planner when
101 * recursing on the primary Query node, or subquery_planner when recursing
102 * on a UNION'd Query node that hasn't previously been seen by
103 * subquery_planner. That whole chunk of code needs rewritten from scratch.
105 * Returns a query plan.
106 *--------------------
109 subquery_planner(Query *parse, double tuple_fraction)
112 * A HAVING clause without aggregates is equivalent to a WHERE clause
113 * (except it can only refer to grouped fields). If there are no aggs
114 * anywhere in the query, then we don't want to create an Agg plan
115 * node, so merge the HAVING condition into WHERE. (We used to
116 * consider this an error condition, but it seems to be legal SQL.)
118 if (parse->havingQual != NULL && !parse->hasAggs)
120 if (parse->qual == NULL)
121 parse->qual = parse->havingQual;
123 parse->qual = (Node *) make_andclause(lappend(lcons(parse->qual,
126 parse->havingQual = NULL;
130 * Simplify constant expressions in targetlist and quals.
132 * Note that at this point the qual has not yet been converted to
133 * implicit-AND form, so we can apply eval_const_expressions directly.
134 * Also note that we need to do this before SS_process_sublinks,
135 * because that routine inserts bogus "Const" nodes.
137 parse->targetList = (List *)
138 eval_const_expressions((Node *) parse->targetList);
139 parse->qual = eval_const_expressions(parse->qual);
140 parse->havingQual = eval_const_expressions(parse->havingQual);
143 * Canonicalize the qual, and convert it to implicit-AND format.
145 * XXX Is there any value in re-applying eval_const_expressions after
148 parse->qual = (Node *) canonicalize_qual((Expr *) parse->qual, true);
149 #ifdef OPTIMIZER_DEBUG
150 printf("After canonicalize_qual()\n");
155 * Ditto for the havingQual
157 parse->havingQual = (Node *) canonicalize_qual((Expr *) parse->havingQual,
160 /* Expand SubLinks to SubPlans */
161 if (parse->hasSubLinks)
163 parse->targetList = (List *)
164 SS_process_sublinks((Node *) parse->targetList);
165 parse->qual = SS_process_sublinks(parse->qual);
166 parse->havingQual = SS_process_sublinks(parse->havingQual);
168 if (parse->groupClause != NIL)
172 * Check for ungrouped variables passed to subplans. Note we
173 * do NOT do this for subplans in WHERE; it's legal there
174 * because WHERE is evaluated pre-GROUP.
176 * An interesting fine point: if we reassigned a HAVING qual into
177 * WHERE above, then we will accept references to ungrouped
178 * vars from subplans in the HAVING qual. This is not
179 * entirely consistent, but it doesn't seem particularly
182 check_subplans_for_ungrouped_vars((Node *) parse->targetList,
184 check_subplans_for_ungrouped_vars(parse->havingQual, parse);
188 /* Replace uplevel vars with Param nodes */
189 if (PlannerQueryLevel > 1)
191 parse->targetList = (List *)
192 SS_replace_correlation_vars((Node *) parse->targetList);
193 parse->qual = SS_replace_correlation_vars(parse->qual);
194 parse->havingQual = SS_replace_correlation_vars(parse->havingQual);
197 /* Do the main planning (potentially recursive) */
199 return union_planner(parse, tuple_fraction);
202 * XXX should any more of union_planner's activity be moved here?
204 * That would take careful study of the interactions with prepunion.c,
205 * but I suspect it would pay off in simplicity and avoidance of
211 /*--------------------
213 * Invokes the planner on union-type queries (both regular UNIONs and
214 * appends produced by inheritance), recursing if necessary to get them
215 * all, then processes normal plans.
217 * parse is the querytree produced by the parser & rewriter.
218 * tuple_fraction is the fraction of tuples we expect will be retrieved
220 * tuple_fraction is interpreted as follows:
221 * < 0: determine fraction by inspection of query (normal case)
222 * 0: expect all tuples to be retrieved
223 * 0 < tuple_fraction < 1: expect the given fraction of tuples available
224 * from the plan to be retrieved
225 * tuple_fraction >= 1: tuple_fraction is the absolute number of tuples
226 * expected to be retrieved (ie, a LIMIT specification)
227 * The normal case is to pass -1, but some callers pass values >= 0 to
228 * override this routine's determination of the appropriate fraction.
230 * Returns a query plan.
231 *--------------------
234 union_planner(Query *parse,
235 double tuple_fraction)
237 List *tlist = parse->targetList;
238 List *rangetable = parse->rtable;
239 Plan *result_plan = (Plan *) NULL;
240 AttrNumber *groupColIdx = NULL;
241 List *current_pathkeys = NIL;
242 List *group_pathkeys;
247 if (parse->unionClause)
249 result_plan = plan_union_queries(parse);
250 /* XXX do we need to do this? bjm 12/19/97 */
251 tlist = preprocess_targetlist(tlist,
253 parse->resultRelation,
257 * We leave current_pathkeys NIL indicating we do not know sort
258 * order. This is correct for the appended-together subplan
259 * results, even if the subplans themselves produced sorted results.
263 * Calculate pathkeys that represent grouping/ordering
266 group_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->groupClause,
268 sort_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->sortClause,
271 else if (find_inheritable_rt_entry(rangetable,
272 &rt_index, &inheritors))
277 * Generate appropriate target list for subplan; may be different
278 * from tlist if grouping or aggregation is needed.
280 sub_tlist = make_subplanTargetList(parse, tlist, &groupColIdx);
283 * Recursively plan the subqueries needed for inheritance
285 result_plan = plan_inherit_queries(parse, sub_tlist,
286 rt_index, inheritors);
289 * Fix up outer target list. NOTE: unlike the case for
290 * non-inherited query, we pass the unfixed tlist to subplans,
291 * which do their own fixing. But we still want to fix the outer
292 * target list afterwards. I *think* this is correct --- doing the
293 * fix before recursing is definitely wrong, because
294 * preprocess_targetlist() will do the wrong thing if invoked
295 * twice on the same list. Maybe that is a bug? tgl 6/6/99
297 tlist = preprocess_targetlist(tlist,
299 parse->resultRelation,
302 if (parse->rowMark != NULL)
303 elog(ERROR, "SELECT FOR UPDATE is not supported for inherit queries");
306 * We leave current_pathkeys NIL indicating we do not know sort
307 * order of the Append-ed results.
311 * Calculate pathkeys that represent grouping/ordering
314 group_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->groupClause,
316 sort_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->sortClause,
323 /* Preprocess targetlist in case we are inside an INSERT/UPDATE. */
324 tlist = preprocess_targetlist(tlist,
326 parse->resultRelation,
330 * Add row-mark targets for UPDATE (should this be done in
331 * preprocess_targetlist?)
333 if (parse->rowMark != NULL)
337 foreach(l, parse->rowMark)
339 RowMark *rowmark = (RowMark *) lfirst(l);
345 if (!(rowmark->info & ROW_MARK_FOR_UPDATE))
348 resname = (char *) palloc(32);
349 sprintf(resname, "ctid%u", rowmark->rti);
350 resdom = makeResdom(length(tlist) + 1,
358 var = makeVar(rowmark->rti, -1, TIDOID, -1, 0);
360 ctid = makeTargetEntry(resdom, (Node *) var);
361 tlist = lappend(tlist, ctid);
366 * Generate appropriate target list for subplan; may be different
367 * from tlist if grouping or aggregation is needed.
369 sub_tlist = make_subplanTargetList(parse, tlist, &groupColIdx);
372 * Calculate pathkeys that represent grouping/ordering
375 group_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->groupClause,
377 sort_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->sortClause,
381 * Figure out whether we need a sorted result from query_planner.
383 * If we have a GROUP BY clause, then we want a result sorted
384 * properly for grouping. Otherwise, if there is an ORDER BY
385 * clause, we want to sort by the ORDER BY clause. (Note: if we
386 * have both, and ORDER BY is a superset of GROUP BY, it would be
387 * tempting to request sort by ORDER BY --- but that might just
388 * leave us failing to exploit an available sort order at all.
389 * Needs more thought...)
391 if (parse->groupClause)
392 parse->query_pathkeys = group_pathkeys;
393 else if (parse->sortClause)
394 parse->query_pathkeys = sort_pathkeys;
396 parse->query_pathkeys = NIL;
399 * Figure out whether we expect to retrieve all the tuples that
400 * the plan can generate, or to stop early due to a LIMIT or other
401 * factors. If the caller passed a value >= 0, believe that
402 * value, else do our own examination of the query context.
404 if (tuple_fraction < 0.0)
406 /* Initial assumption is we need all the tuples */
407 tuple_fraction = 0.0;
410 * Check for a LIMIT clause.
412 if (parse->limitCount != NULL)
414 if (IsA(parse->limitCount, Const))
416 Const *limitc = (Const *) parse->limitCount;
417 int count = (int) (limitc->constvalue);
420 * The constant can legally be either 0 ("ALL") or a
421 * positive integer. If it is not ALL, we also need
422 * to consider the OFFSET part of LIMIT.
426 tuple_fraction = (double) count;
427 if (parse->limitOffset != NULL)
429 if (IsA(parse->limitOffset, Const))
433 limitc = (Const *) parse->limitOffset;
434 offset = (int) (limitc->constvalue);
436 tuple_fraction += (double) offset;
440 /* It's a PARAM ... punt ... */
441 tuple_fraction = 0.10;
450 * COUNT is a PARAM ... don't know exactly what the
451 * limit will be, but for lack of a better idea assume
452 * 10% of the plan's result is wanted.
454 tuple_fraction = 0.10;
459 * Check for a retrieve-into-portal, ie DECLARE CURSOR.
461 * We have no real idea how many tuples the user will ultimately
462 * FETCH from a cursor, but it seems a good bet that he
463 * doesn't want 'em all. Optimize for 10% retrieval (you
464 * gotta better number?)
467 tuple_fraction = 0.10;
471 * Adjust tuple_fraction if we see that we are going to apply
472 * grouping/aggregation/etc. This is not overridable by the
473 * caller, since it reflects plan actions that this routine will
474 * certainly take, not assumptions about context.
476 if (parse->groupClause)
480 * In GROUP BY mode, we have the little problem that we don't
481 * really know how many input tuples will be needed to make a
482 * group, so we can't translate an output LIMIT count into an
483 * input count. For lack of a better idea, assume 25% of the
484 * input data will be processed if there is any output limit.
485 * However, if the caller gave us a fraction rather than an
486 * absolute count, we can keep using that fraction (which
487 * amounts to assuming that all the groups are about the same
490 if (tuple_fraction >= 1.0)
491 tuple_fraction = 0.25;
494 * If both GROUP BY and ORDER BY are specified, we will need
495 * two levels of sort --- and, therefore, certainly need to
496 * read all the input tuples --- unless ORDER BY is a subset
497 * of GROUP BY. (Although we are comparing non-canonicalized
498 * pathkeys here, it should be OK since they will both contain
499 * only single-element sublists at this point. See
502 if (parse->groupClause && parse->sortClause &&
503 !pathkeys_contained_in(sort_pathkeys, group_pathkeys))
504 tuple_fraction = 0.0;
506 else if (parse->hasAggs)
510 * Ungrouped aggregate will certainly want all the input
513 tuple_fraction = 0.0;
515 else if (parse->distinctClause)
519 * SELECT DISTINCT, like GROUP, will absorb an unpredictable
520 * number of input tuples per output tuple. Handle the same
523 if (tuple_fraction >= 1.0)
524 tuple_fraction = 0.25;
527 /* Generate the (sub) plan */
528 result_plan = query_planner(parse,
530 (List *) parse->qual,
534 * query_planner returns actual sort order (which is not
535 * necessarily what we requested) in query_pathkeys.
537 current_pathkeys = parse->query_pathkeys;
540 /* query_planner returns NULL if it thinks plan is bogus */
542 elog(ERROR, "union_planner: failed to create plan");
545 * We couldn't canonicalize group_pathkeys and sort_pathkeys before
546 * running query_planner(), so do it now.
548 group_pathkeys = canonicalize_pathkeys(parse, group_pathkeys);
549 sort_pathkeys = canonicalize_pathkeys(parse, sort_pathkeys);
552 * If we have a GROUP BY clause, insert a group node (plus the
553 * appropriate sort node, if necessary).
555 if (parse->groupClause)
562 * Decide whether how many tuples per group the Group node needs
563 * to return. (Needs only one tuple per group if no aggregate is
564 * present. Otherwise, need every tuple from the group to do the
565 * aggregation.) Note tuplePerGroup is named backwards :-(
567 tuplePerGroup = parse->hasAggs;
570 * If there are aggregates then the Group node should just return
571 * the same set of vars as the subplan did (but we can exclude any
572 * GROUP BY expressions). If there are no aggregates then the
573 * Group node had better compute the final tlist.
576 group_tlist = flatten_tlist(result_plan->targetlist);
581 * Figure out whether the path result is already ordered the way
582 * we need it --- if so, no need for an explicit sort step.
584 if (pathkeys_contained_in(group_pathkeys, current_pathkeys))
586 is_sorted = true; /* no sort needed now */
587 /* current_pathkeys remains unchanged */
593 * We will need to do an explicit sort by the GROUP BY clause.
594 * make_groupplan will do the work, but set current_pathkeys
595 * to indicate the resulting order.
598 current_pathkeys = group_pathkeys;
601 result_plan = make_groupplan(group_tlist,
610 * If aggregate is present, insert the Agg node
612 * HAVING clause, if any, becomes qual of the Agg node
616 result_plan = (Plan *) make_agg(tlist,
617 (List *) parse->havingQual,
619 /* Note: Agg does not affect any existing sort order of the tuples */
623 * If we were not able to make the plan come out in the right order,
624 * add an explicit sort step.
626 if (parse->sortClause)
628 if (!pathkeys_contained_in(sort_pathkeys, current_pathkeys))
629 result_plan = make_sortplan(tlist, result_plan,
634 * Finally, if there is a DISTINCT clause, add the UNIQUE node.
636 if (parse->distinctClause)
638 result_plan = (Plan *) make_unique(tlist, result_plan,
639 parse->distinctClause);
646 * make_subplanTargetList
647 * Generate appropriate target list when grouping is required.
649 * When union_planner inserts Aggregate and/or Group plan nodes above
650 * the result of query_planner, we typically want to pass a different
651 * target list to query_planner than the outer plan nodes should have.
652 * This routine generates the correct target list for the subplan.
654 * The initial target list passed from the parser already contains entries
655 * for all ORDER BY and GROUP BY expressions, but it will not have entries
656 * for variables used only in HAVING clauses; so we need to add those
657 * variables to the subplan target list. Also, if we are doing either
658 * grouping or aggregation, we flatten all expressions except GROUP BY items
659 * into their component variables; the other expressions will be computed by
660 * the inserted nodes rather than by the subplan. For example,
662 * SELECT a+b,SUM(c+d) FROM table GROUP BY a+b;
663 * we want to pass this targetlist to the subplan:
665 * where the a+b target will be used by the Sort/Group steps, and the
666 * other targets will be used for computing the final results. (In the
667 * above example we could theoretically suppress the a and b targets and
668 * use only a+b, but it's not really worth the trouble.)
670 * 'parse' is the query being processed.
671 * 'tlist' is the query's target list.
672 * 'groupColIdx' receives an array of column numbers for the GROUP BY
673 * expressions (if there are any) in the subplan's target list.
675 * The result is the targetlist to be passed to the subplan.
679 make_subplanTargetList(Query *parse,
681 AttrNumber **groupColIdx)
690 * If we're not grouping or aggregating, nothing to do here;
691 * query_planner should receive the unmodified target list.
693 if (!parse->hasAggs && !parse->groupClause && !parse->havingQual)
697 * Otherwise, start with a "flattened" tlist (having just the vars
698 * mentioned in the targetlist and HAVING qual --- but not upper-
699 * level Vars; they will be replaced by Params later on).
701 sub_tlist = flatten_tlist(tlist);
702 extravars = pull_var_clause(parse->havingQual, false);
703 sub_tlist = add_to_flat_tlist(sub_tlist, extravars);
707 * If grouping, create sub_tlist entries for all GROUP BY expressions
708 * (GROUP BY items that are simple Vars should be in the list
709 * already), and make an array showing where the group columns are in
712 numCols = length(parse->groupClause);
716 AttrNumber *grpColIdx;
719 grpColIdx = (AttrNumber *) palloc(sizeof(AttrNumber) * numCols);
720 *groupColIdx = grpColIdx;
722 foreach(gl, parse->groupClause)
724 GroupClause *grpcl = (GroupClause *) lfirst(gl);
725 Node *groupexpr = get_sortgroupclause_expr(grpcl, tlist);
726 TargetEntry *te = NULL;
729 /* Find or make a matching sub_tlist entry */
730 foreach(sl, sub_tlist)
732 te = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(sl);
733 if (equal(groupexpr, te->expr))
738 te = makeTargetEntry(makeResdom(length(sub_tlist) + 1,
740 exprTypmod(groupexpr),
746 sub_tlist = lappend(sub_tlist, te);
749 /* and save its resno */
750 grpColIdx[keyno++] = te->resdom->resno;
759 * Add a Group node for GROUP BY processing.
760 * If we couldn't make the subplan produce presorted output for grouping,
761 * first add an explicit Sort node.
764 make_groupplan(List *group_tlist,
767 AttrNumber *grpColIdx,
771 int numCols = length(groupClause);
777 * The Sort node always just takes a copy of the subplan's tlist
778 * plus ordering information. (This might seem inefficient if the
779 * subplan contains complex GROUP BY expressions, but in fact Sort
780 * does not evaluate its targetlist --- it only outputs the same
781 * tuples in a new order. So the expressions we might be copying
782 * are just dummies with no extra execution cost.)
784 List *sort_tlist = new_unsorted_tlist(subplan->targetlist);
788 foreach(gl, groupClause)
790 GroupClause *grpcl = (GroupClause *) lfirst(gl);
791 TargetEntry *te = nth(grpColIdx[keyno] - 1, sort_tlist);
792 Resdom *resdom = te->resdom;
795 * Check for the possibility of duplicate group-by clauses ---
796 * the parser should have removed 'em, but the Sort executor
797 * will get terribly confused if any get through!
799 if (resdom->reskey == 0)
801 /* OK, insert the ordering info needed by the executor. */
802 resdom->reskey = ++keyno;
803 resdom->reskeyop = get_opcode(grpcl->sortop);
809 subplan = (Plan *) make_sort(sort_tlist, subplan, keyno);
812 return (Plan *) make_group(group_tlist, tuplePerGroup, numCols,
818 * Add a Sort node to implement an explicit ORDER BY clause.
821 make_sortplan(List *tlist, Plan *plannode, List *sortcls)
828 * First make a copy of the tlist so that we don't corrupt the
831 sort_tlist = new_unsorted_tlist(tlist);
835 SortClause *sortcl = (SortClause *) lfirst(i);
836 TargetEntry *tle = get_sortgroupclause_tle(sortcl, sort_tlist);
837 Resdom *resdom = tle->resdom;
840 * Check for the possibility of duplicate order-by clauses --- the
841 * parser should have removed 'em, but the executor will get
842 * terribly confused if any get through!
844 if (resdom->reskey == 0)
846 /* OK, insert the ordering info needed by the executor. */
847 resdom->reskey = ++keyno;
848 resdom->reskeyop = get_opcode(sortcl->sortop);
854 return (Plan *) make_sort(sort_tlist, plannode, keyno);
858 * pg_checkretval() -- check return value of a list of sql parse
861 * The return value of a sql function is the value returned by
862 * the final query in the function. We do some ad-hoc define-time
863 * type checking here to be sure that the user is returning the
866 * XXX Why is this function in this module?
869 pg_checkretval(Oid rettype, List *queryTreeList)
882 /* find the final query */
883 parse = (Query *) nth(length(queryTreeList) - 1, queryTreeList);
886 * test 1: if the last query is a utility invocation, then there had
887 * better not be a return value declared.
889 if (parse->commandType == CMD_UTILITY)
891 if (rettype == InvalidOid)
894 elog(ERROR, "return type mismatch in function decl: final query is a catalog utility");
897 /* okay, it's an ordinary query */
898 tlist = parse->targetList;
900 cmd = parse->commandType;
903 * test 2: if the function is declared to return no value, then the
904 * final query had better not be a retrieve.
906 if (rettype == InvalidOid)
908 if (cmd == CMD_SELECT)
910 "function declared with no return type, but final query is a retrieve");
915 /* by here, the function is declared to return some type */
916 if ((typ = typeidType(rettype)) == NULL)
917 elog(ERROR, "can't find return type %u for function\n", rettype);
920 * test 3: if the function is declared to return a value, then the
921 * final query had better be a retrieve.
923 if (cmd != CMD_SELECT)
924 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return type %s, but final query is not a retrieve", typeTypeName(typ));
927 * test 4: for base type returns, the target list should have exactly
928 * one entry, and its type should agree with what the user declared.
931 if (typeTypeRelid(typ) == InvalidOid)
933 if (ExecTargetListLength(tlist) > 1)
934 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return %s returns multiple values in final retrieve", typeTypeName(typ));
936 resnode = (Resdom *) ((TargetEntry *) lfirst(tlist))->resdom;
937 if (resnode->restype != rettype)
938 elog(ERROR, "return type mismatch in function: declared to return %s, returns %s", typeTypeName(typ), typeidTypeName(resnode->restype));
940 /* by here, base return types match */
945 * If the target list is of length 1, and the type of the varnode in
946 * the target list is the same as the declared return type, this is
947 * okay. This can happen, for example, where the body of the function
948 * is 'retrieve (x = func2())', where func2 has the same return type
949 * as the function that's calling it.
951 if (ExecTargetListLength(tlist) == 1)
953 resnode = (Resdom *) ((TargetEntry *) lfirst(tlist))->resdom;
954 if (resnode->restype == rettype)
959 * By here, the procedure returns a (set of) tuples. This part of the
960 * typechecking is a hack. We look up the relation that is the
961 * declared return type, and be sure that attributes 1 .. n in the
962 * target list match the declared types.
964 reln = heap_open(typeTypeRelid(typ), AccessShareLock);
966 relnatts = reln->rd_rel->relnatts;
968 if (ExecTargetListLength(tlist) != relnatts)
969 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return type %s does not retrieve (%s.*)", typeTypeName(typ), typeTypeName(typ));
971 /* expect attributes 1 .. n in order */
972 for (i = 1; i <= relnatts; i++)
974 TargetEntry *tle = lfirst(tlist);
975 Node *thenode = tle->expr;
976 Oid tletype = exprType(thenode);
978 if (tletype != reln->rd_att->attrs[i - 1]->atttypid)
979 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return type %s does not retrieve (%s.all)", typeTypeName(typ), typeTypeName(typ));
980 tlist = lnext(tlist);
983 heap_close(reln, AccessShareLock);