Re: Alias of VALUES RTE in explain plan

On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 1:07 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> 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.
>

By design of my solution, I was not taking it as a bug. But now, I agree
with your opinion.

>
> regards, tom lane
>