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Change post-rewriter representation of dropped columns in joinaliasvars.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:23:16 +0000 (16:23 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:23:16 +0000 (16:23 -0400)
It's possible to drop a column from an input table of a JOIN clause in a
view, if that column is nowhere actually referenced in the view.  But it
will still be there in the JOIN clause's joinaliasvars list.  We used to
replace such entries with NULL Const nodes, which is handy for generation
of RowExpr expansion of a whole-row reference to the view.  The trouble
with that is that it can't be distinguished from the situation after
subquery pull-up of a constant subquery output expression below the JOIN.
Instead, replace such joinaliasvars with null pointers (empty expression
trees), which can't be confused with pulled-up expressions.  expandRTE()
still emits the old convention, though, for convenience of RowExpr
generation and to reduce the risk of breaking extension code.

In HEAD and 9.3, this patch also fixes a problem with some new code in
ruleutils.c that was failing to cope with implicitly-casted joinaliasvars
entries, as per recent report from Feike Steenbergen.  That oversight was
because of an inadequate description of the data structure in parsenodes.h,
which I've now corrected.  There were some pre-existing oversights of the
same ilk elsewhere, which I believe are now all fixed.

src/backend/optimizer/util/var.c
src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
src/backend/rewrite/rewriteHandler.c
src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h

index fdd12392748ec9636c4c7757eadb77cb83b59a0b..89450cbb426023aecb7eb20d7a75ea09ed44ecbe 100644 (file)
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ flatten_join_alias_vars_mutator(Node *node,
                                newvar = (Node *) lfirst(l);
                                attnum++;
                                /* Ignore dropped columns */
-                               if (IsA(newvar, Const))
+                               if (newvar == NULL)
                                        continue;
 
                                /*
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ flatten_join_alias_vars_mutator(Node *node,
                /* Expand join alias reference */
                Assert(var->varattno > 0);
                newvar = (Node *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, var->varattno - 1);
+               Assert(newvar != NULL);
 
                /*
                 * If we are expanding an alias carried down from an upper query, must
index 101637cec6cd7a91c72ed74819c1766ad22eac83..67c214c789d7fcf6511bc23b6e2bd802c9db5f43 100644 (file)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "funcapi.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
+#include "optimizer/clauses.h"
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
 #include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
@@ -654,14 +655,15 @@ markRTEForSelectPriv(ParseState *pstate, RangeTblEntry *rte,
                         * The aliasvar could be either a Var or a COALESCE expression,
                         * but in the latter case we should already have marked the two
                         * referent variables as being selected, due to their use in the
-                        * JOIN clause.  So we need only be concerned with the simple Var
-                        * case.
+                        * JOIN clause.  So we need only be concerned with the Var case.
+                        * But we do need to drill down through implicit coercions.
                         */
                        Var                *aliasvar;
 
                        Assert(col > 0 && col <= list_length(rte->joinaliasvars));
                        aliasvar = (Var *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, col - 1);
-                       if (IsA(aliasvar, Var))
+                       aliasvar = (Var *) strip_implicit_coercions((Node *) aliasvar);
+                       if (aliasvar && IsA(aliasvar, Var))
                                markVarForSelectPriv(pstate, aliasvar, NULL);
                }
        }
@@ -1715,10 +1717,10 @@ expandRTE(RangeTblEntry *rte, int rtindex, int sublevels_up,
                                         * deleted columns in the join; but we have to check since
                                         * this routine is also used by the rewriter, and joins
                                         * found in stored rules might have join columns for
-                                        * since-deleted columns.  This will be signaled by a NULL
-                                        * Const in the alias-vars list.
+                                        * since-deleted columns.  This will be signaled by a null
+                                        * pointer in the alias-vars list.
                                         */
-                                       if (IsA(avar, Const))
+                                       if (avar == NULL)
                                        {
                                                if (include_dropped)
                                                {
@@ -1726,8 +1728,15 @@ expandRTE(RangeTblEntry *rte, int rtindex, int sublevels_up,
                                                                *colnames = lappend(*colnames,
                                                                                                        makeString(pstrdup("")));
                                                        if (colvars)
+                                                       {
+                                                               /*
+                                                                * Can't use join's column type here (it might
+                                                                * be dropped!); but it doesn't really matter
+                                                                * what type the Const claims to be.
+                                                                */
                                                                *colvars = lappend(*colvars,
-                                                                                                  copyObject(avar));
+                                                                                                  makeNullConst(INT4OID, -1));
+                                                       }
                                                }
                                                continue;
                                        }
@@ -2102,6 +2111,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 
                                Assert(attnum > 0 && attnum <= list_length(rte->joinaliasvars));
                                aliasvar = (Node *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, attnum - 1);
+                               Assert(aliasvar != NULL);
                                *vartype = exprType(aliasvar);
                                *vartypmod = exprTypmod(aliasvar);
                        }
@@ -2162,7 +2172,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum)
                                 * but one in a stored rule might contain columns that were
                                 * dropped from the underlying tables, if said columns are
                                 * nowhere explicitly referenced in the rule.  This will be
-                                * signaled to us by a NULL Const in the joinaliasvars list.
+                                * signaled to us by a null pointer in the joinaliasvars list.
                                 */
                                Var                *aliasvar;
 
@@ -2171,7 +2181,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum)
                                        elog(ERROR, "invalid varattno %d", attnum);
                                aliasvar = (Var *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, attnum - 1);
 
-                               result = IsA(aliasvar, Const);
+                               result = (aliasvar == NULL);
                        }
                        break;
                case RTE_FUNCTION:
index 7e04a947830cbaf0afa730e594712472df7e297b..50443d41e948e454208ab6f5646d1e3f999e94aa 100644 (file)
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ markTargetListOrigin(ParseState *pstate, TargetEntry *tle,
 
                                Assert(attnum > 0 && attnum <= list_length(rte->joinaliasvars));
                                aliasvar = (Var *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, attnum - 1);
+                               /* We intentionally don't strip implicit coercions here */
                                markTargetListOrigin(pstate, tle, aliasvar, netlevelsup);
                        }
                        break;
@@ -1329,6 +1330,8 @@ expandRecordVariable(ParseState *pstate, Var *var, int levelsup)
                        /* Join RTE --- recursively inspect the alias variable */
                        Assert(attnum > 0 && attnum <= list_length(rte->joinaliasvars));
                        expr = (Node *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, attnum - 1);
+                       Assert(expr != NULL);
+                       /* We intentionally don't strip implicit coercions here */
                        if (IsA(expr, Var))
                                return expandRecordVariable(pstate, (Var *) expr, netlevelsup);
                        /* else fall through to inspect the expression */
index a8016f4adf323743cfec223b7ce6ade01c70551d..38878b1cad031e9c4e8d25faae3da39bcb515d11 100644 (file)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
+#include "optimizer/clauses.h"
 #include "parser/analyze.h"
 #include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
@@ -86,9 +87,8 @@ static Query *fireRIRrules(Query *parsetree, List *activeRIRs,
  * such a list in a stored rule to include references to dropped columns.
  * (If the column is not explicitly referenced anywhere else in the query,
  * the dependency mechanism won't consider it used by the rule and so won't
- * prevent the column drop.)  To support get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(),
- * we replace join alias vars that reference dropped columns with NULL Const
- * nodes.
+ * prevent the column drop.)  To support get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(), we
+ * replace join alias vars that reference dropped columns with null pointers.
  *
  * (In PostgreSQL 8.0, we did not do this processing but instead had
  * get_rte_attribute_is_dropped() recurse to detect dropped columns in joins.
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ AcquireRewriteLocks(Query *parsetree, bool forUpdatePushedDown)
 
                                /*
                                 * Scan the join's alias var list to see if any columns have
-                                * been dropped, and if so replace those Vars with NULL
-                                * Consts.
+                                * been dropped, and if so replace those Vars with null
+                                * pointers.
                                 *
                                 * Since a join has only two inputs, we can expect to see
                                 * multiple references to the same input RTE; optimize away
@@ -160,16 +160,20 @@ AcquireRewriteLocks(Query *parsetree, bool forUpdatePushedDown)
                                curinputrte = NULL;
                                foreach(ll, rte->joinaliasvars)
                                {
-                                       Var                *aliasvar = (Var *) lfirst(ll);
+                                       Var                *aliasitem = (Var *) lfirst(ll);
+                                       Var                *aliasvar = aliasitem;
+
+                                       /* Look through any implicit coercion */
+                                       aliasvar = (Var *) strip_implicit_coercions((Node *) aliasvar);
 
                                        /*
                                         * If the list item isn't a simple Var, then it must
                                         * represent a merged column, ie a USING column, and so it
                                         * couldn't possibly be dropped, since it's referenced in
-                                        * the join clause.  (Conceivably it could also be a NULL
-                                        * constant already?  But that's OK too.)
+                                        * the join clause.  (Conceivably it could also be a null
+                                        * pointer already?  But that's OK too.)
                                         */
-                                       if (IsA(aliasvar, Var))
+                                       if (aliasvar && IsA(aliasvar, Var))
                                        {
                                                /*
                                                 * The elements of an alias list have to refer to
@@ -193,15 +197,11 @@ AcquireRewriteLocks(Query *parsetree, bool forUpdatePushedDown)
                                                if (get_rte_attribute_is_dropped(curinputrte,
                                                                                                                 aliasvar->varattno))
                                                {
-                                                       /*
-                                                        * can't use vartype here, since that might be a
-                                                        * now-dropped type OID, but it doesn't really
-                                                        * matter what type the Const claims to be.
-                                                        */
-                                                       aliasvar = (Var *) makeNullConst(INT4OID, -1);
+                                                       /* Replace the join alias item with a NULL */
+                                                       aliasitem = NULL;
                                                }
                                        }
-                                       newaliasvars = lappend(newaliasvars, aliasvar);
+                                       newaliasvars = lappend(newaliasvars, aliasitem);
                                }
                                rte->joinaliasvars = newaliasvars;
                                break;
index 873c19116093899f179a2fdc69bf0bbfe9bf40b9..9d85fdae496548c805328fe2eabf3532049ff127 100644 (file)
@@ -3737,7 +3737,8 @@ get_variable(Var *var, int levelsup, bool istoplevel, deparse_context *context)
                                Var                *aliasvar;
 
                                aliasvar = (Var *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, attnum - 1);
-                               if (IsA(aliasvar, Var))
+                               /* we intentionally don't strip implicit coercions here */
+                               if (aliasvar && IsA(aliasvar, Var))
                                {
                                        return get_variable(aliasvar, var->varlevelsup + levelsup,
                                                                                istoplevel, context);
@@ -4014,6 +4015,8 @@ get_name_for_var_field(Var *var, int fieldno,
                                elog(ERROR, "cannot decompile join alias var in plan tree");
                        Assert(attnum > 0 && attnum <= list_length(rte->joinaliasvars));
                        expr = (Node *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, attnum - 1);
+                       Assert(expr != NULL);
+                       /* we intentionally don't strip implicit coercions here */
                        if (IsA(expr, Var))
                                return get_name_for_var_field((Var *) expr, fieldno,
                                                                                          var->varlevelsup + levelsup,
index cbc016352ceae6547d1cba83fe12af4a04512c99..5508767ec7cd8a91bfbd778ac3ae688c7d2ca985 100644 (file)
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ typedef struct XmlSerialize
  *       a stored rule might contain entries for columns dropped since the rule
  *       was created.  (This is only possible for columns not actually referenced
  *       in the rule.)  When loading a stored rule, we replace the joinaliasvars
- *       items for any such columns with NULL Consts.  (We can't simply delete
+ *       items for any such columns with null pointers.  (We can't simply delete
  *       them from the joinaliasvars list, because that would affect the attnums
  *       of Vars referencing the rest of the list.)
  *
@@ -684,13 +684,19 @@ typedef struct RangeTblEntry
        /*
         * Fields valid for a join RTE (else NULL/zero):
         *
-        * joinaliasvars is a list of Vars or COALESCE expressions corresponding
-        * to the columns of the join result.  An alias Var referencing column K
-        * of the join result can be replaced by the K'th element of joinaliasvars
-        * --- but to simplify the task of reverse-listing aliases correctly, we
-        * do not do that until planning time.  In a Query loaded from a stored
-        * rule, it is also possible for joinaliasvars items to be NULL Consts,
-        * denoting columns dropped since the rule was made.
+        * joinaliasvars is a list of (usually) Vars corresponding to the columns
+        * of the join result.  An alias Var referencing column K of the join
+        * result can be replaced by the K'th element of joinaliasvars --- but to
+        * simplify the task of reverse-listing aliases correctly, we do not do
+        * that until planning time.  In detail: an element of joinaliasvars can
+        * be a Var of one of the join's input relations, or such a Var with an
+        * implicit coercion to the join's output column type, or a COALESCE
+        * expression containing the two input column Vars (possibly coerced).
+        * Within a Query loaded from a stored rule, it is also possible for
+        * joinaliasvars items to be null pointers, which are placeholders for
+        * (necessarily unreferenced) columns dropped since the rule was made.
+        * Also, once planning begins, joinaliasvars items can be almost anything,
+        * as a result of subquery-flattening substitutions.
         */
        JoinType        jointype;               /* type of join */
        List       *joinaliasvars;      /* list of alias-var expansions */