Re: ecxt_scantuple has wrong TupleDesc

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 02:48:23PM +0100, peter(dot)trautmeier(at)gmx(dot)de wrote:
> But then, I still don't get the relationship between
>
> INNER, OUTER varnos on the one side and
> ecxt_scantuple, ecxt_outertuple and ecxt_innertuple on the other side.
>
> May a non-leaf node refer to a Var with a 'normal' scan varno or only to INNER and OUTER varnos?

They're just variables. When you call a subnode it returns a
tupletableslot. When you want to return a tuple to your parent, you
just return it.

> How is my Foo node supposed to access the suplan's (whatever that
> might me, a Scan or a Join) columns? Should Foo'- tlist have Vars
> with OUTER varnos and the right varattos?

You call your subplan: mysubplantuple = ExecProcNode(mysubplan). Vars
and VarNos are just if you want to use ExecProject (which is not
required).

> I cannot find an example of a node that (1) does projection and (2)
> is not a Scan (i.e a leaf node) and (3) uses ecxt_scantuple to pipe
> information to an upper node.

You don't use ecxt_scantuple to pipe to your parent, you create a new
tuple based on the old ones, and simply "return" it. You don't have to
use the ecxt_* fields at all, for example, the ExecAppend node. It's
just convenient to reuse fields that are used for a common purpose.

Have a nice day,
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