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1 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 * analyzejoins.c
4 * Routines for simplifying joins after initial query analysis
6 * While we do a great deal of join simplification in prep/prepjointree.c,
7 * certain optimizations cannot be performed at that stage for lack of
8 * detailed information about the query. The routines here are invoked
9 * after initsplan.c has done its work, and can do additional join removal
10 * and simplification steps based on the information extracted. The penalty
11 * is that we have to work harder to clean up after ourselves when we modify
12 * the query, since the derived data structures have to be updated too.
14 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2022, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
15 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
18 * IDENTIFICATION
19 * src/backend/optimizer/plan/analyzejoins.c
21 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
23 #include "postgres.h"
25 #include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
26 #include "optimizer/clauses.h"
27 #include "optimizer/joininfo.h"
28 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
29 #include "optimizer/pathnode.h"
30 #include "optimizer/paths.h"
31 #include "optimizer/planmain.h"
32 #include "optimizer/tlist.h"
33 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
35 /* local functions */
36 static bool join_is_removable(PlannerInfo *root, SpecialJoinInfo *sjinfo);
37 static void remove_rel_from_query(PlannerInfo *root, int relid,
38 Relids joinrelids);
39 static List *remove_rel_from_joinlist(List *joinlist, int relid, int *nremoved);
40 static bool rel_supports_distinctness(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel);
41 static bool rel_is_distinct_for(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
42 List *clause_list);
43 static Oid distinct_col_search(int colno, List *colnos, List *opids);
44 static bool is_innerrel_unique_for(PlannerInfo *root,
45 Relids joinrelids,
46 Relids outerrelids,
47 RelOptInfo *innerrel,
48 JoinType jointype,
49 List *restrictlist);
53 * remove_useless_joins
54 * Check for relations that don't actually need to be joined at all,
55 * and remove them from the query.
57 * We are passed the current joinlist and return the updated list. Other
58 * data structures that have to be updated are accessible via "root".
60 List *
61 remove_useless_joins(PlannerInfo *root, List *joinlist)
63 ListCell *lc;
66 * We are only interested in relations that are left-joined to, so we can
67 * scan the join_info_list to find them easily.
69 restart:
70 foreach(lc, root->join_info_list)
72 SpecialJoinInfo *sjinfo = (SpecialJoinInfo *) lfirst(lc);
73 int innerrelid;
74 int nremoved;
76 /* Skip if not removable */
77 if (!join_is_removable(root, sjinfo))
78 continue;
81 * Currently, join_is_removable can only succeed when the sjinfo's
82 * righthand is a single baserel. Remove that rel from the query and
83 * joinlist.
85 innerrelid = bms_singleton_member(sjinfo->min_righthand);
87 remove_rel_from_query(root, innerrelid,
88 bms_union(sjinfo->min_lefthand,
89 sjinfo->min_righthand));
91 /* We verify that exactly one reference gets removed from joinlist */
92 nremoved = 0;
93 joinlist = remove_rel_from_joinlist(joinlist, innerrelid, &nremoved);
94 if (nremoved != 1)
95 elog(ERROR, "failed to find relation %d in joinlist", innerrelid);
98 * We can delete this SpecialJoinInfo from the list too, since it's no
99 * longer of interest. (Since we'll restart the foreach loop
100 * immediately, we don't bother with foreach_delete_current.)
102 root->join_info_list = list_delete_cell(root->join_info_list, lc);
105 * Restart the scan. This is necessary to ensure we find all
106 * removable joins independently of ordering of the join_info_list
107 * (note that removal of attr_needed bits may make a join appear
108 * removable that did not before).
110 goto restart;
113 return joinlist;
117 * clause_sides_match_join
118 * Determine whether a join clause is of the right form to use in this join.
120 * We already know that the clause is a binary opclause referencing only the
121 * rels in the current join. The point here is to check whether it has the
122 * form "outerrel_expr op innerrel_expr" or "innerrel_expr op outerrel_expr",
123 * rather than mixing outer and inner vars on either side. If it matches,
124 * we set the transient flag outer_is_left to identify which side is which.
126 static inline bool
127 clause_sides_match_join(RestrictInfo *rinfo, Relids outerrelids,
128 Relids innerrelids)
130 if (bms_is_subset(rinfo->left_relids, outerrelids) &&
131 bms_is_subset(rinfo->right_relids, innerrelids))
133 /* lefthand side is outer */
134 rinfo->outer_is_left = true;
135 return true;
137 else if (bms_is_subset(rinfo->left_relids, innerrelids) &&
138 bms_is_subset(rinfo->right_relids, outerrelids))
140 /* righthand side is outer */
141 rinfo->outer_is_left = false;
142 return true;
144 return false; /* no good for these input relations */
148 * join_is_removable
149 * Check whether we need not perform this special join at all, because
150 * it will just duplicate its left input.
152 * This is true for a left join for which the join condition cannot match
153 * more than one inner-side row. (There are other possibly interesting
154 * cases, but we don't have the infrastructure to prove them.) We also
155 * have to check that the inner side doesn't generate any variables needed
156 * above the join.
158 static bool
159 join_is_removable(PlannerInfo *root, SpecialJoinInfo *sjinfo)
161 int innerrelid;
162 RelOptInfo *innerrel;
163 Relids joinrelids;
164 List *clause_list = NIL;
165 ListCell *l;
166 int attroff;
169 * Must be a non-delaying left join to a single baserel, else we aren't
170 * going to be able to do anything with it.
172 if (sjinfo->jointype != JOIN_LEFT ||
173 sjinfo->delay_upper_joins)
174 return false;
176 if (!bms_get_singleton_member(sjinfo->min_righthand, &innerrelid))
177 return false;
179 innerrel = find_base_rel(root, innerrelid);
182 * Before we go to the effort of checking whether any innerrel variables
183 * are needed above the join, make a quick check to eliminate cases in
184 * which we will surely be unable to prove uniqueness of the innerrel.
186 if (!rel_supports_distinctness(root, innerrel))
187 return false;
189 /* Compute the relid set for the join we are considering */
190 joinrelids = bms_union(sjinfo->min_lefthand, sjinfo->min_righthand);
193 * We can't remove the join if any inner-rel attributes are used above the
194 * join.
196 * Note that this test only detects use of inner-rel attributes in higher
197 * join conditions and the target list. There might be such attributes in
198 * pushed-down conditions at this join, too. We check that case below.
200 * As a micro-optimization, it seems better to start with max_attr and
201 * count down rather than starting with min_attr and counting up, on the
202 * theory that the system attributes are somewhat less likely to be wanted
203 * and should be tested last.
205 for (attroff = innerrel->max_attr - innerrel->min_attr;
206 attroff >= 0;
207 attroff--)
209 if (!bms_is_subset(innerrel->attr_needed[attroff], joinrelids))
210 return false;
214 * Similarly check that the inner rel isn't needed by any PlaceHolderVars
215 * that will be used above the join. We only need to fail if such a PHV
216 * actually references some inner-rel attributes; but the correct check
217 * for that is relatively expensive, so we first check against ph_eval_at,
218 * which must mention the inner rel if the PHV uses any inner-rel attrs as
219 * non-lateral references. Note that if the PHV's syntactic scope is just
220 * the inner rel, we can't drop the rel even if the PHV is variable-free.
222 foreach(l, root->placeholder_list)
224 PlaceHolderInfo *phinfo = (PlaceHolderInfo *) lfirst(l);
226 if (bms_overlap(phinfo->ph_lateral, innerrel->relids))
227 return false; /* it references innerrel laterally */
228 if (bms_is_subset(phinfo->ph_needed, joinrelids))
229 continue; /* PHV is not used above the join */
230 if (!bms_overlap(phinfo->ph_eval_at, innerrel->relids))
231 continue; /* it definitely doesn't reference innerrel */
232 if (bms_is_subset(phinfo->ph_eval_at, innerrel->relids))
233 return false; /* there isn't any other place to eval PHV */
234 if (bms_overlap(pull_varnos(root, (Node *) phinfo->ph_var->phexpr),
235 innerrel->relids))
236 return false; /* it does reference innerrel */
240 * Search for mergejoinable clauses that constrain the inner rel against
241 * either the outer rel or a pseudoconstant. If an operator is
242 * mergejoinable then it behaves like equality for some btree opclass, so
243 * it's what we want. The mergejoinability test also eliminates clauses
244 * containing volatile functions, which we couldn't depend on.
246 foreach(l, innerrel->joininfo)
248 RestrictInfo *restrictinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(l);
251 * If it's not a join clause for this outer join, we can't use it.
252 * Note that if the clause is pushed-down, then it is logically from
253 * above the outer join, even if it references no other rels (it might
254 * be from WHERE, for example).
256 if (RINFO_IS_PUSHED_DOWN(restrictinfo, joinrelids))
259 * If such a clause actually references the inner rel then join
260 * removal has to be disallowed. We have to check this despite
261 * the previous attr_needed checks because of the possibility of
262 * pushed-down clauses referencing the rel.
264 if (bms_is_member(innerrelid, restrictinfo->clause_relids))
265 return false;
266 continue; /* else, ignore; not useful here */
269 /* Ignore if it's not a mergejoinable clause */
270 if (!restrictinfo->can_join ||
271 restrictinfo->mergeopfamilies == NIL)
272 continue; /* not mergejoinable */
275 * Check if clause has the form "outer op inner" or "inner op outer",
276 * and if so mark which side is inner.
278 if (!clause_sides_match_join(restrictinfo, sjinfo->min_lefthand,
279 innerrel->relids))
280 continue; /* no good for these input relations */
282 /* OK, add to list */
283 clause_list = lappend(clause_list, restrictinfo);
287 * Now that we have the relevant equality join clauses, try to prove the
288 * innerrel distinct.
290 if (rel_is_distinct_for(root, innerrel, clause_list))
291 return true;
294 * Some day it would be nice to check for other methods of establishing
295 * distinctness.
297 return false;
302 * Remove the target relid from the planner's data structures, having
303 * determined that there is no need to include it in the query.
305 * We are not terribly thorough here. We must make sure that the rel is
306 * no longer treated as a baserel, and that attributes of other baserels
307 * are no longer marked as being needed at joins involving this rel.
308 * Also, join quals involving the rel have to be removed from the joininfo
309 * lists, but only if they belong to the outer join identified by joinrelids.
311 static void
312 remove_rel_from_query(PlannerInfo *root, int relid, Relids joinrelids)
314 RelOptInfo *rel = find_base_rel(root, relid);
315 List *joininfos;
316 Index rti;
317 ListCell *l;
320 * Mark the rel as "dead" to show it is no longer part of the join tree.
321 * (Removing it from the baserel array altogether seems too risky.)
323 rel->reloptkind = RELOPT_DEADREL;
326 * Remove references to the rel from other baserels' attr_needed arrays.
328 for (rti = 1; rti < root->simple_rel_array_size; rti++)
330 RelOptInfo *otherrel = root->simple_rel_array[rti];
331 int attroff;
333 /* there may be empty slots corresponding to non-baserel RTEs */
334 if (otherrel == NULL)
335 continue;
337 Assert(otherrel->relid == rti); /* sanity check on array */
339 /* no point in processing target rel itself */
340 if (otherrel == rel)
341 continue;
343 for (attroff = otherrel->max_attr - otherrel->min_attr;
344 attroff >= 0;
345 attroff--)
347 otherrel->attr_needed[attroff] =
348 bms_del_member(otherrel->attr_needed[attroff], relid);
353 * Likewise remove references from SpecialJoinInfo data structures.
355 * This is relevant in case the outer join we're deleting is nested inside
356 * other outer joins: the upper joins' relid sets have to be adjusted. The
357 * RHS of the target outer join will be made empty here, but that's OK
358 * since caller will delete that SpecialJoinInfo entirely.
360 foreach(l, root->join_info_list)
362 SpecialJoinInfo *sjinfo = (SpecialJoinInfo *) lfirst(l);
364 sjinfo->min_lefthand = bms_del_member(sjinfo->min_lefthand, relid);
365 sjinfo->min_righthand = bms_del_member(sjinfo->min_righthand, relid);
366 sjinfo->syn_lefthand = bms_del_member(sjinfo->syn_lefthand, relid);
367 sjinfo->syn_righthand = bms_del_member(sjinfo->syn_righthand, relid);
371 * Likewise remove references from PlaceHolderVar data structures,
372 * removing any no-longer-needed placeholders entirely.
374 * Removal is a bit trickier than it might seem: we can remove PHVs that
375 * are used at the target rel and/or in the join qual, but not those that
376 * are used at join partner rels or above the join. It's not that easy to
377 * distinguish PHVs used at partner rels from those used in the join qual,
378 * since they will both have ph_needed sets that are subsets of
379 * joinrelids. However, a PHV used at a partner rel could not have the
380 * target rel in ph_eval_at, so we check that while deciding whether to
381 * remove or just update the PHV. There is no corresponding test in
382 * join_is_removable because it doesn't need to distinguish those cases.
384 foreach(l, root->placeholder_list)
386 PlaceHolderInfo *phinfo = (PlaceHolderInfo *) lfirst(l);
388 Assert(!bms_is_member(relid, phinfo->ph_lateral));
389 if (bms_is_subset(phinfo->ph_needed, joinrelids) &&
390 bms_is_member(relid, phinfo->ph_eval_at))
391 root->placeholder_list = foreach_delete_current(root->placeholder_list,
393 else
395 phinfo->ph_eval_at = bms_del_member(phinfo->ph_eval_at, relid);
396 Assert(!bms_is_empty(phinfo->ph_eval_at));
397 phinfo->ph_needed = bms_del_member(phinfo->ph_needed, relid);
402 * Remove any joinquals referencing the rel from the joininfo lists.
404 * In some cases, a joinqual has to be put back after deleting its
405 * reference to the target rel. This can occur for pseudoconstant and
406 * outerjoin-delayed quals, which can get marked as requiring the rel in
407 * order to force them to be evaluated at or above the join. We can't
408 * just discard them, though. Only quals that logically belonged to the
409 * outer join being discarded should be removed from the query.
411 * We must make a copy of the rel's old joininfo list before starting the
412 * loop, because otherwise remove_join_clause_from_rels would destroy the
413 * list while we're scanning it.
415 joininfos = list_copy(rel->joininfo);
416 foreach(l, joininfos)
418 RestrictInfo *rinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(l);
420 remove_join_clause_from_rels(root, rinfo, rinfo->required_relids);
422 if (RINFO_IS_PUSHED_DOWN(rinfo, joinrelids))
424 /* Recheck that qual doesn't actually reference the target rel */
425 Assert(!bms_is_member(relid, rinfo->clause_relids));
428 * The required_relids probably aren't shared with anything else,
429 * but let's copy them just to be sure.
431 rinfo->required_relids = bms_copy(rinfo->required_relids);
432 rinfo->required_relids = bms_del_member(rinfo->required_relids,
433 relid);
434 distribute_restrictinfo_to_rels(root, rinfo);
439 * There may be references to the rel in root->fkey_list, but if so,
440 * match_foreign_keys_to_quals() will get rid of them.
445 * Remove any occurrences of the target relid from a joinlist structure.
447 * It's easiest to build a whole new list structure, so we handle it that
448 * way. Efficiency is not a big deal here.
450 * *nremoved is incremented by the number of occurrences removed (there
451 * should be exactly one, but the caller checks that).
453 static List *
454 remove_rel_from_joinlist(List *joinlist, int relid, int *nremoved)
456 List *result = NIL;
457 ListCell *jl;
459 foreach(jl, joinlist)
461 Node *jlnode = (Node *) lfirst(jl);
463 if (IsA(jlnode, RangeTblRef))
465 int varno = ((RangeTblRef *) jlnode)->rtindex;
467 if (varno == relid)
468 (*nremoved)++;
469 else
470 result = lappend(result, jlnode);
472 else if (IsA(jlnode, List))
474 /* Recurse to handle subproblem */
475 List *sublist;
477 sublist = remove_rel_from_joinlist((List *) jlnode,
478 relid, nremoved);
479 /* Avoid including empty sub-lists in the result */
480 if (sublist)
481 result = lappend(result, sublist);
483 else
485 elog(ERROR, "unrecognized joinlist node type: %d",
486 (int) nodeTag(jlnode));
490 return result;
495 * reduce_unique_semijoins
496 * Check for semijoins that can be simplified to plain inner joins
497 * because the inner relation is provably unique for the join clauses.
499 * Ideally this would happen during reduce_outer_joins, but we don't have
500 * enough information at that point.
502 * To perform the strength reduction when applicable, we need only delete
503 * the semijoin's SpecialJoinInfo from root->join_info_list. (We don't
504 * bother fixing the join type attributed to it in the query jointree,
505 * since that won't be consulted again.)
507 void
508 reduce_unique_semijoins(PlannerInfo *root)
510 ListCell *lc;
513 * Scan the join_info_list to find semijoins.
515 foreach(lc, root->join_info_list)
517 SpecialJoinInfo *sjinfo = (SpecialJoinInfo *) lfirst(lc);
518 int innerrelid;
519 RelOptInfo *innerrel;
520 Relids joinrelids;
521 List *restrictlist;
524 * Must be a non-delaying semijoin to a single baserel, else we aren't
525 * going to be able to do anything with it. (It's probably not
526 * possible for delay_upper_joins to be set on a semijoin, but we
527 * might as well check.)
529 if (sjinfo->jointype != JOIN_SEMI ||
530 sjinfo->delay_upper_joins)
531 continue;
533 if (!bms_get_singleton_member(sjinfo->min_righthand, &innerrelid))
534 continue;
536 innerrel = find_base_rel(root, innerrelid);
539 * Before we trouble to run generate_join_implied_equalities, make a
540 * quick check to eliminate cases in which we will surely be unable to
541 * prove uniqueness of the innerrel.
543 if (!rel_supports_distinctness(root, innerrel))
544 continue;
546 /* Compute the relid set for the join we are considering */
547 joinrelids = bms_union(sjinfo->min_lefthand, sjinfo->min_righthand);
550 * Since we're only considering a single-rel RHS, any join clauses it
551 * has must be clauses linking it to the semijoin's min_lefthand. We
552 * can also consider EC-derived join clauses.
554 restrictlist =
555 list_concat(generate_join_implied_equalities(root,
556 joinrelids,
557 sjinfo->min_lefthand,
558 innerrel),
559 innerrel->joininfo);
561 /* Test whether the innerrel is unique for those clauses. */
562 if (!innerrel_is_unique(root,
563 joinrelids, sjinfo->min_lefthand, innerrel,
564 JOIN_SEMI, restrictlist, true))
565 continue;
567 /* OK, remove the SpecialJoinInfo from the list. */
568 root->join_info_list = foreach_delete_current(root->join_info_list, lc);
574 * rel_supports_distinctness
575 * Could the relation possibly be proven distinct on some set of columns?
577 * This is effectively a pre-checking function for rel_is_distinct_for().
578 * It must return true if rel_is_distinct_for() could possibly return true
579 * with this rel, but it should not expend a lot of cycles. The idea is
580 * that callers can avoid doing possibly-expensive processing to compute
581 * rel_is_distinct_for()'s argument lists if the call could not possibly
582 * succeed.
584 static bool
585 rel_supports_distinctness(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel)
587 /* We only know about baserels ... */
588 if (rel->reloptkind != RELOPT_BASEREL)
589 return false;
590 if (rel->rtekind == RTE_RELATION)
593 * For a plain relation, we only know how to prove uniqueness by
594 * reference to unique indexes. Make sure there's at least one
595 * suitable unique index. It must be immediately enforced, and if
596 * it's a partial index, it must match the query. (Keep these
597 * conditions in sync with relation_has_unique_index_for!)
599 ListCell *lc;
601 foreach(lc, rel->indexlist)
603 IndexOptInfo *ind = (IndexOptInfo *) lfirst(lc);
605 if (ind->unique && ind->immediate &&
606 (ind->indpred == NIL || ind->predOK))
607 return true;
610 else if (rel->rtekind == RTE_SUBQUERY)
612 Query *subquery = root->simple_rte_array[rel->relid]->subquery;
614 /* Check if the subquery has any qualities that support distinctness */
615 if (query_supports_distinctness(subquery))
616 return true;
618 /* We have no proof rules for any other rtekinds. */
619 return false;
623 * rel_is_distinct_for
624 * Does the relation return only distinct rows according to clause_list?
626 * clause_list is a list of join restriction clauses involving this rel and
627 * some other one. Return true if no two rows emitted by this rel could
628 * possibly join to the same row of the other rel.
630 * The caller must have already determined that each condition is a
631 * mergejoinable equality with an expression in this relation on one side, and
632 * an expression not involving this relation on the other. The transient
633 * outer_is_left flag is used to identify which side references this relation:
634 * left side if outer_is_left is false, right side if it is true.
636 * Note that the passed-in clause_list may be destructively modified! This
637 * is OK for current uses, because the clause_list is built by the caller for
638 * the sole purpose of passing to this function.
640 static bool
641 rel_is_distinct_for(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, List *clause_list)
644 * We could skip a couple of tests here if we assume all callers checked
645 * rel_supports_distinctness first, but it doesn't seem worth taking any
646 * risk for.
648 if (rel->reloptkind != RELOPT_BASEREL)
649 return false;
650 if (rel->rtekind == RTE_RELATION)
653 * Examine the indexes to see if we have a matching unique index.
654 * relation_has_unique_index_for automatically adds any usable
655 * restriction clauses for the rel, so we needn't do that here.
657 if (relation_has_unique_index_for(root, rel, clause_list, NIL, NIL))
658 return true;
660 else if (rel->rtekind == RTE_SUBQUERY)
662 Index relid = rel->relid;
663 Query *subquery = root->simple_rte_array[relid]->subquery;
664 List *colnos = NIL;
665 List *opids = NIL;
666 ListCell *l;
669 * Build the argument lists for query_is_distinct_for: a list of
670 * output column numbers that the query needs to be distinct over, and
671 * a list of equality operators that the output columns need to be
672 * distinct according to.
674 * (XXX we are not considering restriction clauses attached to the
675 * subquery; is that worth doing?)
677 foreach(l, clause_list)
679 RestrictInfo *rinfo = lfirst_node(RestrictInfo, l);
680 Oid op;
681 Var *var;
684 * Get the equality operator we need uniqueness according to.
685 * (This might be a cross-type operator and thus not exactly the
686 * same operator the subquery would consider; that's all right
687 * since query_is_distinct_for can resolve such cases.) The
688 * caller's mergejoinability test should have selected only
689 * OpExprs.
691 op = castNode(OpExpr, rinfo->clause)->opno;
693 /* caller identified the inner side for us */
694 if (rinfo->outer_is_left)
695 var = (Var *) get_rightop(rinfo->clause);
696 else
697 var = (Var *) get_leftop(rinfo->clause);
700 * We may ignore any RelabelType node above the operand. (There
701 * won't be more than one, since eval_const_expressions() has been
702 * applied already.)
704 if (var && IsA(var, RelabelType))
705 var = (Var *) ((RelabelType *) var)->arg;
708 * If inner side isn't a Var referencing a subquery output column,
709 * this clause doesn't help us.
711 if (!var || !IsA(var, Var) ||
712 var->varno != relid || var->varlevelsup != 0)
713 continue;
715 colnos = lappend_int(colnos, var->varattno);
716 opids = lappend_oid(opids, op);
719 if (query_is_distinct_for(subquery, colnos, opids))
720 return true;
722 return false;
727 * query_supports_distinctness - could the query possibly be proven distinct
728 * on some set of output columns?
730 * This is effectively a pre-checking function for query_is_distinct_for().
731 * It must return true if query_is_distinct_for() could possibly return true
732 * with this query, but it should not expend a lot of cycles. The idea is
733 * that callers can avoid doing possibly-expensive processing to compute
734 * query_is_distinct_for()'s argument lists if the call could not possibly
735 * succeed.
737 bool
738 query_supports_distinctness(Query *query)
740 /* SRFs break distinctness except with DISTINCT, see below */
741 if (query->hasTargetSRFs && query->distinctClause == NIL)
742 return false;
744 /* check for features we can prove distinctness with */
745 if (query->distinctClause != NIL ||
746 query->groupClause != NIL ||
747 query->groupingSets != NIL ||
748 query->hasAggs ||
749 query->havingQual ||
750 query->setOperations)
751 return true;
753 return false;
757 * query_is_distinct_for - does query never return duplicates of the
758 * specified columns?
760 * query is a not-yet-planned subquery (in current usage, it's always from
761 * a subquery RTE, which the planner avoids scribbling on).
763 * colnos is an integer list of output column numbers (resno's). We are
764 * interested in whether rows consisting of just these columns are certain
765 * to be distinct. "Distinctness" is defined according to whether the
766 * corresponding upper-level equality operators listed in opids would think
767 * the values are distinct. (Note: the opids entries could be cross-type
768 * operators, and thus not exactly the equality operators that the subquery
769 * would use itself. We use equality_ops_are_compatible() to check
770 * compatibility. That looks at btree or hash opfamily membership, and so
771 * should give trustworthy answers for all operators that we might need
772 * to deal with here.)
774 bool
775 query_is_distinct_for(Query *query, List *colnos, List *opids)
777 ListCell *l;
778 Oid opid;
780 Assert(list_length(colnos) == list_length(opids));
783 * DISTINCT (including DISTINCT ON) guarantees uniqueness if all the
784 * columns in the DISTINCT clause appear in colnos and operator semantics
785 * match. This is true even if there are SRFs in the DISTINCT columns or
786 * elsewhere in the tlist.
788 if (query->distinctClause)
790 foreach(l, query->distinctClause)
792 SortGroupClause *sgc = (SortGroupClause *) lfirst(l);
793 TargetEntry *tle = get_sortgroupclause_tle(sgc,
794 query->targetList);
796 opid = distinct_col_search(tle->resno, colnos, opids);
797 if (!OidIsValid(opid) ||
798 !equality_ops_are_compatible(opid, sgc->eqop))
799 break; /* exit early if no match */
801 if (l == NULL) /* had matches for all? */
802 return true;
806 * Otherwise, a set-returning function in the query's targetlist can
807 * result in returning duplicate rows, despite any grouping that might
808 * occur before tlist evaluation. (If all tlist SRFs are within GROUP BY
809 * columns, it would be safe because they'd be expanded before grouping.
810 * But it doesn't currently seem worth the effort to check for that.)
812 if (query->hasTargetSRFs)
813 return false;
816 * Similarly, GROUP BY without GROUPING SETS guarantees uniqueness if all
817 * the grouped columns appear in colnos and operator semantics match.
819 if (query->groupClause && !query->groupingSets)
821 foreach(l, query->groupClause)
823 SortGroupClause *sgc = (SortGroupClause *) lfirst(l);
824 TargetEntry *tle = get_sortgroupclause_tle(sgc,
825 query->targetList);
827 opid = distinct_col_search(tle->resno, colnos, opids);
828 if (!OidIsValid(opid) ||
829 !equality_ops_are_compatible(opid, sgc->eqop))
830 break; /* exit early if no match */
832 if (l == NULL) /* had matches for all? */
833 return true;
835 else if (query->groupingSets)
838 * If we have grouping sets with expressions, we probably don't have
839 * uniqueness and analysis would be hard. Punt.
841 if (query->groupClause)
842 return false;
845 * If we have no groupClause (therefore no grouping expressions), we
846 * might have one or many empty grouping sets. If there's just one,
847 * then we're returning only one row and are certainly unique. But
848 * otherwise, we know we're certainly not unique.
850 if (list_length(query->groupingSets) == 1 &&
851 ((GroupingSet *) linitial(query->groupingSets))->kind == GROUPING_SET_EMPTY)
852 return true;
853 else
854 return false;
856 else
859 * If we have no GROUP BY, but do have aggregates or HAVING, then the
860 * result is at most one row so it's surely unique, for any operators.
862 if (query->hasAggs || query->havingQual)
863 return true;
867 * UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT guarantee uniqueness of the whole output row,
868 * except with ALL.
870 if (query->setOperations)
872 SetOperationStmt *topop = castNode(SetOperationStmt, query->setOperations);
874 Assert(topop->op != SETOP_NONE);
876 if (!topop->all)
878 ListCell *lg;
880 /* We're good if all the nonjunk output columns are in colnos */
881 lg = list_head(topop->groupClauses);
882 foreach(l, query->targetList)
884 TargetEntry *tle = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(l);
885 SortGroupClause *sgc;
887 if (tle->resjunk)
888 continue; /* ignore resjunk columns */
890 /* non-resjunk columns should have grouping clauses */
891 Assert(lg != NULL);
892 sgc = (SortGroupClause *) lfirst(lg);
893 lg = lnext(topop->groupClauses, lg);
895 opid = distinct_col_search(tle->resno, colnos, opids);
896 if (!OidIsValid(opid) ||
897 !equality_ops_are_compatible(opid, sgc->eqop))
898 break; /* exit early if no match */
900 if (l == NULL) /* had matches for all? */
901 return true;
906 * XXX Are there any other cases in which we can easily see the result
907 * must be distinct?
909 * If you do add more smarts to this function, be sure to update
910 * query_supports_distinctness() to match.
913 return false;
917 * distinct_col_search - subroutine for query_is_distinct_for
919 * If colno is in colnos, return the corresponding element of opids,
920 * else return InvalidOid. (Ordinarily colnos would not contain duplicates,
921 * but if it does, we arbitrarily select the first match.)
923 static Oid
924 distinct_col_search(int colno, List *colnos, List *opids)
926 ListCell *lc1,
927 *lc2;
929 forboth(lc1, colnos, lc2, opids)
931 if (colno == lfirst_int(lc1))
932 return lfirst_oid(lc2);
934 return InvalidOid;
939 * innerrel_is_unique
940 * Check if the innerrel provably contains at most one tuple matching any
941 * tuple from the outerrel, based on join clauses in the 'restrictlist'.
943 * We need an actual RelOptInfo for the innerrel, but it's sufficient to
944 * identify the outerrel by its Relids. This asymmetry supports use of this
945 * function before joinrels have been built. (The caller is expected to
946 * also supply the joinrelids, just to save recalculating that.)
948 * The proof must be made based only on clauses that will be "joinquals"
949 * rather than "otherquals" at execution. For an inner join there's no
950 * difference; but if the join is outer, we must ignore pushed-down quals,
951 * as those will become "otherquals". Note that this means the answer might
952 * vary depending on whether IS_OUTER_JOIN(jointype); since we cache the
953 * answer without regard to that, callers must take care not to call this
954 * with jointypes that would be classified differently by IS_OUTER_JOIN().
956 * The actual proof is undertaken by is_innerrel_unique_for(); this function
957 * is a frontend that is mainly concerned with caching the answers.
958 * In particular, the force_cache argument allows overriding the internal
959 * heuristic about whether to cache negative answers; it should be "true"
960 * if making an inquiry that is not part of the normal bottom-up join search
961 * sequence.
963 bool
964 innerrel_is_unique(PlannerInfo *root,
965 Relids joinrelids,
966 Relids outerrelids,
967 RelOptInfo *innerrel,
968 JoinType jointype,
969 List *restrictlist,
970 bool force_cache)
972 MemoryContext old_context;
973 ListCell *lc;
975 /* Certainly can't prove uniqueness when there are no joinclauses */
976 if (restrictlist == NIL)
977 return false;
980 * Make a quick check to eliminate cases in which we will surely be unable
981 * to prove uniqueness of the innerrel.
983 if (!rel_supports_distinctness(root, innerrel))
984 return false;
987 * Query the cache to see if we've managed to prove that innerrel is
988 * unique for any subset of this outerrel. We don't need an exact match,
989 * as extra outerrels can't make the innerrel any less unique (or more
990 * formally, the restrictlist for a join to a superset outerrel must be a
991 * superset of the conditions we successfully used before).
993 foreach(lc, innerrel->unique_for_rels)
995 Relids unique_for_rels = (Relids) lfirst(lc);
997 if (bms_is_subset(unique_for_rels, outerrelids))
998 return true; /* Success! */
1002 * Conversely, we may have already determined that this outerrel, or some
1003 * superset thereof, cannot prove this innerrel to be unique.
1005 foreach(lc, innerrel->non_unique_for_rels)
1007 Relids unique_for_rels = (Relids) lfirst(lc);
1009 if (bms_is_subset(outerrelids, unique_for_rels))
1010 return false;
1013 /* No cached information, so try to make the proof. */
1014 if (is_innerrel_unique_for(root, joinrelids, outerrelids, innerrel,
1015 jointype, restrictlist))
1018 * Cache the positive result for future probes, being sure to keep it
1019 * in the planner_cxt even if we are working in GEQO.
1021 * Note: one might consider trying to isolate the minimal subset of
1022 * the outerrels that proved the innerrel unique. But it's not worth
1023 * the trouble, because the planner builds up joinrels incrementally
1024 * and so we'll see the minimally sufficient outerrels before any
1025 * supersets of them anyway.
1027 old_context = MemoryContextSwitchTo(root->planner_cxt);
1028 innerrel->unique_for_rels = lappend(innerrel->unique_for_rels,
1029 bms_copy(outerrelids));
1030 MemoryContextSwitchTo(old_context);
1032 return true; /* Success! */
1034 else
1037 * None of the join conditions for outerrel proved innerrel unique, so
1038 * we can safely reject this outerrel or any subset of it in future
1039 * checks.
1041 * However, in normal planning mode, caching this knowledge is totally
1042 * pointless; it won't be queried again, because we build up joinrels
1043 * from smaller to larger. It is useful in GEQO mode, where the
1044 * knowledge can be carried across successive planning attempts; and
1045 * it's likely to be useful when using join-search plugins, too. Hence
1046 * cache when join_search_private is non-NULL. (Yeah, that's a hack,
1047 * but it seems reasonable.)
1049 * Also, allow callers to override that heuristic and force caching;
1050 * that's useful for reduce_unique_semijoins, which calls here before
1051 * the normal join search starts.
1053 if (force_cache || root->join_search_private)
1055 old_context = MemoryContextSwitchTo(root->planner_cxt);
1056 innerrel->non_unique_for_rels =
1057 lappend(innerrel->non_unique_for_rels,
1058 bms_copy(outerrelids));
1059 MemoryContextSwitchTo(old_context);
1062 return false;
1067 * is_innerrel_unique_for
1068 * Check if the innerrel provably contains at most one tuple matching any
1069 * tuple from the outerrel, based on join clauses in the 'restrictlist'.
1071 static bool
1072 is_innerrel_unique_for(PlannerInfo *root,
1073 Relids joinrelids,
1074 Relids outerrelids,
1075 RelOptInfo *innerrel,
1076 JoinType jointype,
1077 List *restrictlist)
1079 List *clause_list = NIL;
1080 ListCell *lc;
1083 * Search for mergejoinable clauses that constrain the inner rel against
1084 * the outer rel. If an operator is mergejoinable then it behaves like
1085 * equality for some btree opclass, so it's what we want. The
1086 * mergejoinability test also eliminates clauses containing volatile
1087 * functions, which we couldn't depend on.
1089 foreach(lc, restrictlist)
1091 RestrictInfo *restrictinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(lc);
1094 * As noted above, if it's a pushed-down clause and we're at an outer
1095 * join, we can't use it.
1097 if (IS_OUTER_JOIN(jointype) &&
1098 RINFO_IS_PUSHED_DOWN(restrictinfo, joinrelids))
1099 continue;
1101 /* Ignore if it's not a mergejoinable clause */
1102 if (!restrictinfo->can_join ||
1103 restrictinfo->mergeopfamilies == NIL)
1104 continue; /* not mergejoinable */
1107 * Check if clause has the form "outer op inner" or "inner op outer",
1108 * and if so mark which side is inner.
1110 if (!clause_sides_match_join(restrictinfo, outerrelids,
1111 innerrel->relids))
1112 continue; /* no good for these input relations */
1114 /* OK, add to list */
1115 clause_list = lappend(clause_list, restrictinfo);
1118 /* Let rel_is_distinct_for() do the hard work */
1119 return rel_is_distinct_for(root, innerrel, clause_list);