From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Atri Sharma <atri(dot)jiit(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: WIP Patch for GROUPING SETS phase 1 |
Date: | 2014-09-09 16:21:22 |
Message-ID: | 10590.1410279682@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Andrew Gierth
> <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> wrote:
>> Honestly, ChainAggregate is _trivial_ compared to trying to make the
>> GroupAggregate code deal with multiple inputs, or trying to make some
>> new sort of plumbing node to feed input to those sorts. (You'd think
>> that it should be possible to use the existing CTE mechanics to do it,
>> but noooo... the existing code is actively and ferociously hostile to
>> the idea of adding new CTEs from within the planner.)
> That's unfortunate.
I'm less than convinced that it's true ... I've been meaning to find
time to review this patch, but it sounds like it's getting to the point
where I need to.
regards, tom lane
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