Re: algebraic rewriting

Sophie,

You, my dear, are not a novice.  Get off this list!  <grin>

> >From the big picture of PostgreSQL architecture, I
> understand that query processing includes parser,
> rewriter, optimizer and executor. I am wondering at
> which step, PostgreSQL performs algebraic rewriting?
> What rules are used for rewriting? Are these rules
> hard wired or are they stored in some catalog table?
> If I want to check the source codes, which file should
> I look at?

Check out http://developer.postgresql.org/index.php

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-Josh Berkus