Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
>
>>Here's the patch, per my post to HACKERS.
>>It builds cleanly on my dev box, and passes all regression tests.
>
>
> I've committed this with some revisions. The VIEW cases you were
> worried about seem to work now. I think you'll find that
> single-FROM-item cases generally work, and it's time to start worrying
> about joins (ie, rescans).
Thanks! I've been offline most of the weekend, but I can get back on
this now. I'll start work on the rescans and test cases below right
away. Were your revisions extensive? Any major misconceptions on my part?
Thanks,
Joe
>
> Parameters also need thought. This should be rejected:
>
> regression=# select * from foo, foot(fooid) z where foo.f2 = z.f2;
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>
> On the other hand, IMHO this should work:
>
> regression=# select * from foo where f2 in
> regression-# (select f2 from foot(foo.fooid) z where z.fooid = foo.fooid);
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>
> and here again rescanning is going to be critical.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
> PS: test case for above:
>
> create table foo(fooid int, f2 int);
> insert into foo values(1, 11);
> insert into foo values(2, 22);
> insert into foo values(1, 111);
>
> create function foot(int) returns setof foo as '
> select * from foo where fooid = $1' language sql;
>
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