Re: Improper const-evaluation of HAVING with grouping sets and subquery pullup

From: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Pg Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Improper const-evaluation of HAVING with grouping sets and subquery pullup
Date: 2017-10-16 15:11:24
Message-ID: 8760bfku2u.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

>> Further experimentation reveals that this change has the effect of
>> blocking constant-folding in aggregate input expressions that refer
>> to constant outputs of the subquery. Is it worth doing anything
>> about that?

Tom> Uh ... but I thought the point here is that the outputs aren't
Tom> really constant in the presence of grouping sets.

select x, y, sum(z) from (select 1 as x, 2 as y, 3 as z) s
group by grouping sets (x,y);

x and y aren't constants, but z is.

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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)

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