From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:58:24 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Fix an Assert that turns out to be reachable after all.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_0_8~32
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=be9aad6b9e451a2767c645353c7f4c9722a9d1df;p=postgresql

Fix an Assert that turns out to be reachable after all.

estimate_num_groups() gets unhappy with
	create table empty();
	select * from empty except select * from empty e2;
I can't see any actual use-case for such a query (and the table is illegal
per SQL spec), but it seems like a good idea that it not cause an assert
failure.
---

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
index 6989627adc..f0fff3d483 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
@@ -3051,8 +3051,13 @@ estimate_num_groups(PlannerInfo *root, List *groupExprs, double input_rows)
 	double		numdistinct;
 	ListCell   *l;
 
-	/* We should not be called unless query has GROUP BY (or DISTINCT) */
-	Assert(groupExprs != NIL);
+	/*
+	 * If no grouping columns, there's exactly one group.  (This can't happen
+	 * for normal cases with GROUP BY or DISTINCT, but it is possible for
+	 * corner cases with set operations.)
+	 */
+	if (groupExprs == NIL)
+		return 1.0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Count groups derived from boolean grouping expressions.	For other