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 1.82 2000/06/09 03:17:13 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/internal.h"
25 #include "optimizer/paths.h"
26 #include "optimizer/plancat.h"
27 #include "optimizer/planmain.h"
28 #include "optimizer/planner.h"
29 #include "optimizer/prep.h"
30 #include "optimizer/subselect.h"
31 #include "optimizer/tlist.h"
32 #include "optimizer/var.h"
33 #include "parser/parse_expr.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, List *sortcls, Plan *plannode);
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.
99 * prepunion.c uses an unholy combination of calling union_planner when
100 * recursing on the primary Query node, or subquery_planner when recursing
101 * on a UNION'd Query node that hasn't previously been seen by
102 * subquery_planner. That whole chunk of code needs rewritten from scratch.
104 * Returns a query plan.
105 *--------------------
108 subquery_planner(Query *parse, double tuple_fraction)
111 List *rangetable = parse->rtable;
112 RangeTblEntry *rangeTblEntry;
115 * A HAVING clause without aggregates is equivalent to a WHERE clause
116 * (except it can only refer to grouped fields). If there are no aggs
117 * anywhere in the query, then we don't want to create an Agg plan
118 * node, so merge the HAVING condition into WHERE. (We used to
119 * consider this an error condition, but it seems to be legal SQL.)
121 if (parse->havingQual != NULL && !parse->hasAggs)
123 if (parse->qual == NULL)
124 parse->qual = parse->havingQual;
126 parse->qual = (Node *) make_andclause(lappend(lcons(parse->qual,
129 parse->havingQual = NULL;
133 * Simplify constant expressions in targetlist and quals.
135 * Note that at this point the qual has not yet been converted to
136 * implicit-AND form, so we can apply eval_const_expressions directly.
137 * Also note that we need to do this before SS_process_sublinks,
138 * because that routine inserts bogus "Const" nodes.
140 parse->targetList = (List *)
141 eval_const_expressions((Node *) parse->targetList);
142 parse->qual = eval_const_expressions(parse->qual);
143 parse->havingQual = eval_const_expressions(parse->havingQual);
146 * If the query is going to look for subclasses, but no subclasses
147 * actually exist, then we can optimise away the union that would
148 * otherwise happen and thus save some time.
150 foreach(l, rangetable)
152 rangeTblEntry = (RangeTblEntry *)lfirst(l);
153 if (rangeTblEntry->inh && !has_subclass(rangeTblEntry->relid))
154 rangeTblEntry->inh = FALSE;
158 * Canonicalize the qual, and convert it to implicit-AND format.
160 * XXX Is there any value in re-applying eval_const_expressions after
163 parse->qual = (Node *) canonicalize_qual((Expr *) parse->qual, true);
164 #ifdef OPTIMIZER_DEBUG
165 printf("After canonicalize_qual()\n");
170 * Ditto for the havingQual
172 parse->havingQual = (Node *) canonicalize_qual((Expr *) parse->havingQual,
175 /* Expand SubLinks to SubPlans */
176 if (parse->hasSubLinks)
178 parse->targetList = (List *)
179 SS_process_sublinks((Node *) parse->targetList);
180 parse->qual = SS_process_sublinks(parse->qual);
181 parse->havingQual = SS_process_sublinks(parse->havingQual);
183 if (parse->groupClause != NIL)
187 * Check for ungrouped variables passed to subplans. Note we
188 * do NOT do this for subplans in WHERE; it's legal there
189 * because WHERE is evaluated pre-GROUP.
191 * An interesting fine point: if we reassigned a HAVING qual into
192 * WHERE above, then we will accept references to ungrouped
193 * vars from subplans in the HAVING qual. This is not
194 * entirely consistent, but it doesn't seem particularly
197 check_subplans_for_ungrouped_vars((Node *) parse->targetList,
199 check_subplans_for_ungrouped_vars(parse->havingQual, parse);
203 /* Replace uplevel vars with Param nodes */
204 if (PlannerQueryLevel > 1)
206 parse->targetList = (List *)
207 SS_replace_correlation_vars((Node *) parse->targetList);
208 parse->qual = SS_replace_correlation_vars(parse->qual);
209 parse->havingQual = SS_replace_correlation_vars(parse->havingQual);
212 /* Do the main planning (potentially recursive) */
214 return union_planner(parse, tuple_fraction);
217 * XXX should any more of union_planner's activity be moved here?
219 * That would take careful study of the interactions with prepunion.c,
220 * but I suspect it would pay off in simplicity and avoidance of
226 /*--------------------
228 * Invokes the planner on union-type queries (both regular UNIONs and
229 * appends produced by inheritance), recursing if necessary to get them
230 * all, then processes normal plans.
232 * parse is the querytree produced by the parser & rewriter.
233 * tuple_fraction is the fraction of tuples we expect will be retrieved
235 * tuple_fraction is interpreted as follows:
236 * < 0: determine fraction by inspection of query (normal case)
237 * 0: expect all tuples to be retrieved
238 * 0 < tuple_fraction < 1: expect the given fraction of tuples available
239 * from the plan to be retrieved
240 * tuple_fraction >= 1: tuple_fraction is the absolute number of tuples
241 * expected to be retrieved (ie, a LIMIT specification)
242 * The normal case is to pass -1, but some callers pass values >= 0 to
243 * override this routine's determination of the appropriate fraction.
245 * Returns a query plan.
246 *--------------------
249 union_planner(Query *parse,
250 double tuple_fraction)
252 List *tlist = parse->targetList;
253 List *rangetable = parse->rtable;
254 Plan *result_plan = (Plan *) NULL;
255 AttrNumber *groupColIdx = NULL;
256 List *current_pathkeys = NIL;
257 List *group_pathkeys;
261 if (parse->unionClause)
263 result_plan = (Plan *) plan_union_queries(parse);
264 /* XXX do we need to do this? bjm 12/19/97 */
265 tlist = preprocess_targetlist(tlist,
267 parse->resultRelation,
271 * We leave current_pathkeys NIL indicating we do not know sort
272 * order. Actually, for a normal UNION we have done an explicit
273 * sort; ought to change interface to plan_union_queries to pass
278 * Calculate pathkeys that represent grouping/ordering
281 group_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->groupClause,
283 sort_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->sortClause,
286 else if ((rt_index = first_inherit_rt_entry(rangetable)) != -1)
291 * Generate appropriate target list for subplan; may be different
292 * from tlist if grouping or aggregation is needed.
294 sub_tlist = make_subplanTargetList(parse, tlist, &groupColIdx);
297 * Recursively plan the subqueries needed for inheritance
299 result_plan = (Plan *) plan_inherit_queries(parse, sub_tlist,
303 * Fix up outer target list. NOTE: unlike the case for
304 * non-inherited query, we pass the unfixed tlist to subplans,
305 * which do their own fixing. But we still want to fix the outer
306 * target list afterwards. I *think* this is correct --- doing the
307 * fix before recursing is definitely wrong, because
308 * preprocess_targetlist() will do the wrong thing if invoked
309 * twice on the same list. Maybe that is a bug? tgl 6/6/99
311 tlist = preprocess_targetlist(tlist,
313 parse->resultRelation,
316 if (parse->rowMark != NULL)
317 elog(ERROR, "SELECT FOR UPDATE is not supported for inherit queries");
320 * We leave current_pathkeys NIL indicating we do not know sort
321 * order of the Append-ed results.
325 * Calculate pathkeys that represent grouping/ordering
328 group_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->groupClause,
330 sort_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->sortClause,
337 /* Preprocess targetlist in case we are inside an INSERT/UPDATE. */
338 tlist = preprocess_targetlist(tlist,
340 parse->resultRelation,
344 * Add row-mark targets for UPDATE (should this be done in
345 * preprocess_targetlist?)
347 if (parse->rowMark != NULL)
351 foreach(l, parse->rowMark)
353 RowMark *rowmark = (RowMark *) lfirst(l);
359 if (!(rowmark->info & ROW_MARK_FOR_UPDATE))
362 resname = (char *) palloc(32);
363 sprintf(resname, "ctid%u", rowmark->rti);
364 resdom = makeResdom(length(tlist) + 1,
372 var = makeVar(rowmark->rti, -1, TIDOID, -1, 0);
374 ctid = makeTargetEntry(resdom, (Node *) var);
375 tlist = lappend(tlist, ctid);
380 * Generate appropriate target list for subplan; may be different
381 * from tlist if grouping or aggregation is needed.
383 sub_tlist = make_subplanTargetList(parse, tlist, &groupColIdx);
386 * Calculate pathkeys that represent grouping/ordering
389 group_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->groupClause,
391 sort_pathkeys = make_pathkeys_for_sortclauses(parse->sortClause,
395 * Figure out whether we need a sorted result from query_planner.
397 * If we have a GROUP BY clause, then we want a result sorted
398 * properly for grouping. Otherwise, if there is an ORDER BY
399 * clause, we want to sort by the ORDER BY clause. (Note: if we
400 * have both, and ORDER BY is a superset of GROUP BY, it would be
401 * tempting to request sort by ORDER BY --- but that might just
402 * leave us failing to exploit an available sort order at all.
403 * Needs more thought...)
405 if (parse->groupClause)
406 parse->query_pathkeys = group_pathkeys;
407 else if (parse->sortClause)
408 parse->query_pathkeys = sort_pathkeys;
410 parse->query_pathkeys = NIL;
413 * Figure out whether we expect to retrieve all the tuples that
414 * the plan can generate, or to stop early due to a LIMIT or other
415 * factors. If the caller passed a value >= 0, believe that
416 * value, else do our own examination of the query context.
418 if (tuple_fraction < 0.0)
420 /* Initial assumption is we need all the tuples */
421 tuple_fraction = 0.0;
424 * Check for a LIMIT clause.
426 if (parse->limitCount != NULL)
428 if (IsA(parse->limitCount, Const))
430 Const *limitc = (Const *) parse->limitCount;
431 int count = (int) (limitc->constvalue);
434 * The constant can legally be either 0 ("ALL") or a
435 * positive integer. If it is not ALL, we also need
436 * to consider the OFFSET part of LIMIT.
440 tuple_fraction = (double) count;
441 if (parse->limitOffset != NULL)
443 if (IsA(parse->limitOffset, Const))
447 limitc = (Const *) parse->limitOffset;
448 offset = (int) (limitc->constvalue);
450 tuple_fraction += (double) offset;
454 /* It's a PARAM ... punt ... */
455 tuple_fraction = 0.10;
464 * COUNT is a PARAM ... don't know exactly what the
465 * limit will be, but for lack of a better idea assume
466 * 10% of the plan's result is wanted.
468 tuple_fraction = 0.10;
473 * Check for a retrieve-into-portal, ie DECLARE CURSOR.
475 * We have no real idea how many tuples the user will ultimately
476 * FETCH from a cursor, but it seems a good bet that he
477 * doesn't want 'em all. Optimize for 10% retrieval (you
478 * gotta better number?)
481 tuple_fraction = 0.10;
485 * Adjust tuple_fraction if we see that we are going to apply
486 * grouping/aggregation/etc. This is not overridable by the
487 * caller, since it reflects plan actions that this routine will
488 * certainly take, not assumptions about context.
490 if (parse->groupClause)
494 * In GROUP BY mode, we have the little problem that we don't
495 * really know how many input tuples will be needed to make a
496 * group, so we can't translate an output LIMIT count into an
497 * input count. For lack of a better idea, assume 25% of the
498 * input data will be processed if there is any output limit.
499 * However, if the caller gave us a fraction rather than an
500 * absolute count, we can keep using that fraction (which
501 * amounts to assuming that all the groups are about the same
504 if (tuple_fraction >= 1.0)
505 tuple_fraction = 0.25;
508 * If both GROUP BY and ORDER BY are specified, we will need
509 * two levels of sort --- and, therefore, certainly need to
510 * read all the input tuples --- unless ORDER BY is a subset
511 * of GROUP BY. (Although we are comparing non-canonicalized
512 * pathkeys here, it should be OK since they will both contain
513 * only single-element sublists at this point. See
516 if (parse->groupClause && parse->sortClause &&
517 !pathkeys_contained_in(sort_pathkeys, group_pathkeys))
518 tuple_fraction = 0.0;
520 else if (parse->hasAggs)
524 * Ungrouped aggregate will certainly want all the input
527 tuple_fraction = 0.0;
529 else if (parse->distinctClause)
533 * SELECT DISTINCT, like GROUP, will absorb an unpredictable
534 * number of input tuples per output tuple. Handle the same
537 if (tuple_fraction >= 1.0)
538 tuple_fraction = 0.25;
541 /* Generate the (sub) plan */
542 result_plan = query_planner(parse,
544 (List *) parse->qual,
548 * query_planner returns actual sort order (which is not
549 * necessarily what we requested) in query_pathkeys.
551 current_pathkeys = parse->query_pathkeys;
554 /* query_planner returns NULL if it thinks plan is bogus */
556 elog(ERROR, "union_planner: failed to create plan");
559 * We couldn't canonicalize group_pathkeys and sort_pathkeys before
560 * running query_planner(), so do it now.
562 group_pathkeys = canonicalize_pathkeys(parse, group_pathkeys);
563 sort_pathkeys = canonicalize_pathkeys(parse, sort_pathkeys);
566 * If we have a GROUP BY clause, insert a group node (plus the
567 * appropriate sort node, if necessary).
569 if (parse->groupClause)
576 * Decide whether how many tuples per group the Group node needs
577 * to return. (Needs only one tuple per group if no aggregate is
578 * present. Otherwise, need every tuple from the group to do the
579 * aggregation.) Note tuplePerGroup is named backwards :-(
581 tuplePerGroup = parse->hasAggs;
584 * If there are aggregates then the Group node should just return
585 * the same set of vars as the subplan did (but we can exclude any
586 * GROUP BY expressions). If there are no aggregates then the
587 * Group node had better compute the final tlist.
590 group_tlist = flatten_tlist(result_plan->targetlist);
595 * Figure out whether the path result is already ordered the way
596 * we need it --- if so, no need for an explicit sort step.
598 if (pathkeys_contained_in(group_pathkeys, current_pathkeys))
600 is_sorted = true; /* no sort needed now */
601 /* current_pathkeys remains unchanged */
607 * We will need to do an explicit sort by the GROUP BY clause.
608 * make_groupplan will do the work, but set current_pathkeys
609 * to indicate the resulting order.
612 current_pathkeys = group_pathkeys;
615 result_plan = make_groupplan(group_tlist,
624 * If aggregate is present, insert the Agg node
626 * HAVING clause, if any, becomes qual of the Agg node
630 result_plan = (Plan *) make_agg(tlist,
631 (List *) parse->havingQual,
633 /* Note: Agg does not affect any existing sort order of the tuples */
637 * If we were not able to make the plan come out in the right order,
638 * add an explicit sort step.
640 if (parse->sortClause)
642 if (!pathkeys_contained_in(sort_pathkeys, current_pathkeys))
643 result_plan = make_sortplan(tlist, parse->sortClause, result_plan);
647 * Finally, if there is a DISTINCT clause, add the UNIQUE node.
649 if (parse->distinctClause)
651 result_plan = (Plan *) make_unique(tlist, result_plan,
652 parse->distinctClause);
659 * make_subplanTargetList
660 * Generate appropriate target list when grouping is required.
662 * When union_planner inserts Aggregate and/or Group plan nodes above
663 * the result of query_planner, we typically want to pass a different
664 * target list to query_planner than the outer plan nodes should have.
665 * This routine generates the correct target list for the subplan.
667 * The initial target list passed from the parser already contains entries
668 * for all ORDER BY and GROUP BY expressions, but it will not have entries
669 * for variables used only in HAVING clauses; so we need to add those
670 * variables to the subplan target list. Also, if we are doing either
671 * grouping or aggregation, we flatten all expressions except GROUP BY items
672 * into their component variables; the other expressions will be computed by
673 * the inserted nodes rather than by the subplan. For example,
675 * SELECT a+b,SUM(c+d) FROM table GROUP BY a+b;
676 * we want to pass this targetlist to the subplan:
678 * where the a+b target will be used by the Sort/Group steps, and the
679 * other targets will be used for computing the final results. (In the
680 * above example we could theoretically suppress the a and b targets and
681 * use only a+b, but it's not really worth the trouble.)
683 * 'parse' is the query being processed.
684 * 'tlist' is the query's target list.
685 * 'groupColIdx' receives an array of column numbers for the GROUP BY
686 * expressions (if there are any) in the subplan's target list.
688 * The result is the targetlist to be passed to the subplan.
692 make_subplanTargetList(Query *parse,
694 AttrNumber **groupColIdx)
703 * If we're not grouping or aggregating, nothing to do here;
704 * query_planner should receive the unmodified target list.
706 if (!parse->hasAggs && !parse->groupClause && !parse->havingQual)
710 * Otherwise, start with a "flattened" tlist (having just the vars
711 * mentioned in the targetlist and HAVING qual --- but not upper-
712 * level Vars; they will be replaced by Params later on).
714 sub_tlist = flatten_tlist(tlist);
715 extravars = pull_var_clause(parse->havingQual, false);
716 sub_tlist = add_to_flat_tlist(sub_tlist, extravars);
720 * If grouping, create sub_tlist entries for all GROUP BY expressions
721 * (GROUP BY items that are simple Vars should be in the list
722 * already), and make an array showing where the group columns are in
725 numCols = length(parse->groupClause);
729 AttrNumber *grpColIdx;
732 grpColIdx = (AttrNumber *) palloc(sizeof(AttrNumber) * numCols);
733 *groupColIdx = grpColIdx;
735 foreach(gl, parse->groupClause)
737 GroupClause *grpcl = (GroupClause *) lfirst(gl);
738 Node *groupexpr = get_sortgroupclause_expr(grpcl, tlist);
739 TargetEntry *te = NULL;
742 /* Find or make a matching sub_tlist entry */
743 foreach(sl, sub_tlist)
745 te = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(sl);
746 if (equal(groupexpr, te->expr))
751 te = makeTargetEntry(makeResdom(length(sub_tlist) + 1,
753 exprTypmod(groupexpr),
759 sub_tlist = lappend(sub_tlist, te);
762 /* and save its resno */
763 grpColIdx[keyno++] = te->resdom->resno;
772 * Add a Group node for GROUP BY processing.
773 * If we couldn't make the subplan produce presorted output for grouping,
774 * first add an explicit Sort node.
777 make_groupplan(List *group_tlist,
780 AttrNumber *grpColIdx,
784 int numCols = length(groupClause);
790 * The Sort node always just takes a copy of the subplan's tlist
791 * plus ordering information. (This might seem inefficient if the
792 * subplan contains complex GROUP BY expressions, but in fact Sort
793 * does not evaluate its targetlist --- it only outputs the same
794 * tuples in a new order. So the expressions we might be copying
795 * are just dummies with no extra execution cost.)
797 List *sort_tlist = new_unsorted_tlist(subplan->targetlist);
801 foreach(gl, groupClause)
803 GroupClause *grpcl = (GroupClause *) lfirst(gl);
804 TargetEntry *te = nth(grpColIdx[keyno] - 1, sort_tlist);
805 Resdom *resdom = te->resdom;
808 * Check for the possibility of duplicate group-by clauses ---
809 * the parser should have removed 'em, but the Sort executor
810 * will get terribly confused if any get through!
812 if (resdom->reskey == 0)
814 /* OK, insert the ordering info needed by the executor. */
815 resdom->reskey = ++keyno;
816 resdom->reskeyop = get_opcode(grpcl->sortop);
820 subplan = (Plan *) make_sort(sort_tlist,
821 _NONAME_RELATION_ID_,
826 return (Plan *) make_group(group_tlist, tuplePerGroup, numCols,
832 * Add a Sort node to implement an explicit ORDER BY clause.
835 make_sortplan(List *tlist, List *sortcls, Plan *plannode)
842 * First make a copy of the tlist so that we don't corrupt the
846 temp_tlist = new_unsorted_tlist(tlist);
850 SortClause *sortcl = (SortClause *) lfirst(i);
851 TargetEntry *tle = get_sortgroupclause_tle(sortcl, temp_tlist);
852 Resdom *resdom = tle->resdom;
855 * Check for the possibility of duplicate order-by clauses --- the
856 * parser should have removed 'em, but the executor will get
857 * terribly confused if any get through!
859 if (resdom->reskey == 0)
861 /* OK, insert the ordering info needed by the executor. */
862 resdom->reskey = ++keyno;
863 resdom->reskeyop = get_opcode(sortcl->sortop);
867 return (Plan *) make_sort(temp_tlist,
868 _NONAME_RELATION_ID_,
874 * pg_checkretval() -- check return value of a list of sql parse
877 * The return value of a sql function is the value returned by
878 * the final query in the function. We do some ad-hoc define-time
879 * type checking here to be sure that the user is returning the
882 * XXX Why is this function in this module?
885 pg_checkretval(Oid rettype, List *queryTreeList)
898 /* find the final query */
899 parse = (Query *) nth(length(queryTreeList) - 1, queryTreeList);
902 * test 1: if the last query is a utility invocation, then there had
903 * better not be a return value declared.
905 if (parse->commandType == CMD_UTILITY)
907 if (rettype == InvalidOid)
910 elog(ERROR, "return type mismatch in function decl: final query is a catalog utility");
913 /* okay, it's an ordinary query */
914 tlist = parse->targetList;
916 cmd = parse->commandType;
919 * test 2: if the function is declared to return no value, then the
920 * final query had better not be a retrieve.
922 if (rettype == InvalidOid)
924 if (cmd == CMD_SELECT)
926 "function declared with no return type, but final query is a retrieve");
931 /* by here, the function is declared to return some type */
932 if ((typ = typeidType(rettype)) == NULL)
933 elog(ERROR, "can't find return type %u for function\n", rettype);
936 * test 3: if the function is declared to return a value, then the
937 * final query had better be a retrieve.
939 if (cmd != CMD_SELECT)
940 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return type %s, but final query is not a retrieve", typeTypeName(typ));
943 * test 4: for base type returns, the target list should have exactly
944 * one entry, and its type should agree with what the user declared.
947 if (typeTypeRelid(typ) == InvalidOid)
949 if (ExecTargetListLength(tlist) > 1)
950 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return %s returns multiple values in final retrieve", typeTypeName(typ));
952 resnode = (Resdom *) ((TargetEntry *) lfirst(tlist))->resdom;
953 if (resnode->restype != rettype)
954 elog(ERROR, "return type mismatch in function: declared to return %s, returns %s", typeTypeName(typ), typeidTypeName(resnode->restype));
956 /* by here, base return types match */
961 * If the target list is of length 1, and the type of the varnode in
962 * the target list is the same as the declared return type, this is
963 * okay. This can happen, for example, where the body of the function
964 * is 'retrieve (x = func2())', where func2 has the same return type
965 * as the function that's calling it.
967 if (ExecTargetListLength(tlist) == 1)
969 resnode = (Resdom *) ((TargetEntry *) lfirst(tlist))->resdom;
970 if (resnode->restype == rettype)
975 * By here, the procedure returns a (set of) tuples. This part of the
976 * typechecking is a hack. We look up the relation that is the
977 * declared return type, and be sure that attributes 1 .. n in the
978 * target list match the declared types.
980 reln = heap_open(typeTypeRelid(typ), AccessShareLock);
982 relnatts = reln->rd_rel->relnatts;
984 if (ExecTargetListLength(tlist) != relnatts)
985 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return type %s does not retrieve (%s.*)", typeTypeName(typ), typeTypeName(typ));
987 /* expect attributes 1 .. n in order */
988 for (i = 1; i <= relnatts; i++)
990 TargetEntry *tle = lfirst(tlist);
991 Node *thenode = tle->expr;
992 Oid tletype = exprType(thenode);
994 if (tletype != reln->rd_att->attrs[i - 1]->atttypid)
995 elog(ERROR, "function declared to return type %s does not retrieve (%s.all)", typeTypeName(typ), typeTypeName(typ));
996 tlist = lnext(tlist);
999 heap_close(reln, AccessShareLock);