Re: Alias of VALUES RTE in explain plan

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Yasir <yasir(dot)hussain(dot)shah(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Alias of VALUES RTE in explain plan
Date: 2024-10-27 20:07:37
Message-ID: 3811251.1730059657@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Yasir <yasir(dot)hussain(dot)shah(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 12:21 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I forgot to mention a third problem, which is that reassigning the
>> alias during subquery pullup means it doesn't happen if subquery
>> pullup doesn't happen.

> Yes, that is by design.

By design? How can you claim that's not a bug? The alias(es)
associated with a VALUES clause surely should not vary depending
on whether the clause includes a volatile function --- not to
mention other unobvious reasons for flattening to happen or not.

regards, tom lane

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