Re: SQL COPY syntax extension (was: Performance on inserts)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
Cc: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, Oliver Teuber <teuber(at)abyss(dot)devicen(dot)de>, Matthew Kirkwood <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL COPY syntax extension (was: Performance on inserts)
Date: 2000-08-28 21:05:10
Message-ID: 18647.967496710@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> writes:
> What is the status of this querytree redesign ?

Waiting for 7.2 cycle, as far as I know.

> The things the new querytree should address sould be (at least ;) -
> 2. WITH RECURSIVE

I don't think RECURSIVE is a querytree issue --- it looks like a much
bigger problem than that :-(

The things I'm concerned about fixing with querytree redesign are
* full SQL92 joins
* subselects in FROM
* view bugs (grouping and aggregates in views)
* INSERT ... SELECT bugs
* reimplement UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT in a less hacky way,
make cases like SELECT ... UNION ... ORDER BY work.
Not to mention UNION etc in a subselect or in INSERT/SELECT.
* convert WHERE x IN (subselect) to a join-like representation

These are all things that have gone unfixed for years because they're
essentially unfixable with the current single-level representation of
a query.

regards, tom lane

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