Re: Unused CTE affects result set

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
Cc: Gabriel Sánchez <gabrielesanchez(at)gmail(dot)com>, Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unused CTE affects result set
Date: 2023-11-17 18:48:54
Message-ID: 674667.1700246934@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> writes:
> On 11/17/23 10:30 AM, Gabriel Sánchez wrote:
>> I don't understand why the presence of a CTE that ends up not being
>> included in the final query affects the result set. Could this be a
>> bug, or is there something I don't understand?

> I would say it has to do with what '...' is doing?

We'd need to see a complete example to do more than speculate.
The planner definitely does skip unreferenced SELECT CTEs, though.

regards, tom lane

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