Fix check for whether a clauseless join has to be forced in the presence of

outer joins.  Originally it was only looking for overlap of the righthand
side of a left join, but we have to do it on the lefthand side too.
Per example from Jean-Pierre Pelletier.

diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_eval.c b/src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_eval.c
index 2d2f5e68268c80ce49ef6c49b24b3cf3ef083180..240672edaf5248dfd131592c7ff3e2d78e677977 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_eval.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_eval.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_eval.c,v 1.80 2006/03/05 15:58:28 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_eval.c,v 1.81 2006/10/24 17:50:22 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -262,23 +262,29 @@ desirable_join(PlannerInfo *root,
                return true;
 
        /*
-        * Join if the rels are members of the same outer-join RHS. This is needed
-        * to improve the odds that we will find a valid solution in a case where
-        * an OJ RHS has a clauseless join.
+        * Join if the rels are members of the same outer-join side. This is
+        * needed to ensure that we can find a valid solution in a case where
+        * an OJ contains a clauseless join.
         */
        foreach(l, root->oj_info_list)
        {
                OuterJoinInfo *ojinfo = (OuterJoinInfo *) lfirst(l);
 
+               /* ignore full joins --- other mechanisms preserve their ordering */
+               if (ojinfo->is_full_join)
+                       continue;
                if (bms_is_subset(outer_rel->relids, ojinfo->min_righthand) &&
                        bms_is_subset(inner_rel->relids, ojinfo->min_righthand))
                        return true;
+               if (bms_is_subset(outer_rel->relids, ojinfo->min_lefthand) &&
+                       bms_is_subset(inner_rel->relids, ojinfo->min_lefthand))
+                       return true;
        }
 
        /*
-        * Join if the rels are members of the same IN sub-select.      This is needed
-        * to improve the odds that we will find a valid solution in a case where
-        * an IN sub-select has a clauseless join.
+        * Join if the rels are members of the same IN sub-select. This is needed
+        * to ensure that we can find a valid solution in a case where an IN
+        * sub-select has a clauseless join.
         */
        foreach(l, root->in_info_list)
        {

diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c
index bed9db50430e1bcdb0f935ba25b827a12eb19ec0..17b5f31915a23840919909c2062e667428d74cef 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *       $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c,v 1.80 2006/10/04 00:29:54 momjian Exp $
+ *       $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c,v 1.81 2006/10/24 17:50:22 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ make_rels_by_joins(PlannerInfo *root, int level, List **joinrels)
 
                        /*
                         * An exception occurs when there is a clauseless join inside a
-                        * construct that restricts join order, i.e., an outer join RHS or
+                        * construct that restricts join order, i.e., an outer join or
                         * an IN (sub-SELECT) construct.  Here, the rel may well have join
-                        * clauses against stuff outside the OJ RHS or IN sub-SELECT, but
+                        * clauses against stuff outside its OJ side or IN sub-SELECT, but
                         * the clauseless join *must* be done before we can make use of
                         * those join clauses.   So do the clauseless join bit.
                         *
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ make_rels_by_clauseless_joins(PlannerInfo *root,
 /*
  * has_join_restriction
  *             Detect whether the specified relation has join-order restrictions
- *             due to being inside an OJ RHS or an IN (sub-SELECT).
+ *             due to being inside an outer join or an IN (sub-SELECT).
  */
 static bool
 has_join_restriction(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel)
@@ -342,8 +342,16 @@ has_join_restriction(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel)
        {
                OuterJoinInfo *ojinfo = (OuterJoinInfo *) lfirst(l);
 
+               /* ignore full joins --- other mechanisms preserve their ordering */
+               if (ojinfo->is_full_join)
+                       continue;
+               /* anything inside the RHS is definitely restricted */
                if (bms_is_subset(rel->relids, ojinfo->min_righthand))
                        return true;
+               /* if it's a proper subset of the LHS, it's also restricted */
+               if (bms_is_subset(rel->relids, ojinfo->min_lefthand) &&
+                       !bms_equal(rel->relids, ojinfo->min_lefthand))
+                       return true;
        }
 
        foreach(l, root->in_info_list)