sql: fix the handling of sorting, grouping and column ordinals.

pkg/sql/analyze.go

@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ func (p *planner) analyzeExpr(
 	if sources == nil {
 		resolved = replaced
 	} else {
-		resolved, err = p.resolveNames(replaced, sources, iVarHelper)
+		resolved, _, err = p.resolveNames(replaced, sources, iVarHelper)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}

pkg/sql/analyze_test.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func parseAndNormalizeExpr(t *testing.T, sql string, sel *selectNode) parser.Typ
 
 	// Perform name resolution because {analyze,simplify}Expr want
 	// expressions containing IndexedVars.
-	if expr, err = sel.resolveNames(expr); err != nil {
+	if expr, _, err = sel.resolveNames(expr); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("%s: %v", sql, err)
 	}
 	typedExpr, err := parser.TypeCheck(expr, nil, parser.NoTypePreference)

pkg/sql/data_source.go

@@ -484,68 +484,6 @@ func (src *dataSourceInfo) expandStar(
 	return columns, exprs, nil
 }
 
-// findUnaliasedColumn looks up the column specified by a VarName, not
-// taking column renames into account (but table renames will be taken
-// into account). That is, given a table "blah" with single column "y",
-// findUnaliasedColumn("y") returns a valid index even in the context
-// of:
-//     SELECT * FROM blah as foo(x)
-// If the VarName specifies a table name, only columns that have that
-// name as their source alias are considered. If the VarName does not
-// specify a table name, all columns in the data source are
-// considered.  If no column is found, invalidColIdx is returned with
-// no error.
-func (p *planDataSource) findUnaliasedColumn(c *parser.ColumnItem) (colIdx int, err error) {
-	colName := c.ColumnName.Normalize()
-	tableName := c.TableName.NormalizedTableName()
-
-	if tableName.Table() != "" {
-		tn, err := p.info.checkDatabaseName(tableName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return invalidColIdx, nil
-		}
-		tableName = tn
-	}
-
-	colIdx = invalidColIdx
-	planColumns := p.plan.Columns()
-
-	selCol := func(colIdx int, idx int) (int, error) {
-		col := planColumns[idx]
-		if parser.ReNormalizeName(col.Name) == colName {
-			if colIdx != invalidColIdx {
-				return invalidColIdx, fmt.Errorf("column reference %q is ambiguous", c)
-			}
-			colIdx = idx
-		}
-		return colIdx, nil
-	}
-
-	if tableName.Table() == "" {
-		for idx := 0; idx < len(p.info.sourceColumns); idx++ {
-			colIdx, err = selCol(colIdx, idx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return colIdx, err
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		colRange, ok := p.info.sourceAliases[tableName]
-		if !ok {
-			// A table name is specified, but there is no column with this
-			// table name.
-			return invalidColIdx, nil
-		}
-		for _, idx := range colRange {
-			colIdx, err = selCol(colIdx, idx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return colIdx, err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return colIdx, nil
-}
-
 type multiSourceInfo []*dataSourceInfo
 
 // checkDatabaseName checks whether the given TableName is unambiguous

pkg/sql/group.go

@@ -51,24 +51,26 @@ func (p *planner) groupBy(n *parser.SelectClause, s *selectNode) (*groupNode, er
 		// been modified by upper layers.
 		rawExpr := groupBy[i]
 
-		// We do not need to fully analyze the GROUP BY expression here
-		// (as per analyzeExpr) because this is taken care of by addRender
-		// below.
-		resolved, err := p.resolveNames(groupBy[i], s.sourceInfo, s.ivarHelper)
+		expr := parser.StripParens(rawExpr)
+
+		// Check whether the GROUP BY clause refers to a rendered column
+		// specified in the original query.
+		col, err := p.colIndex(s.numOriginalCols, expr, "GROUP BY")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		// If a col index is specified, replace it with that expression first.
-		// NB: This is not a deep copy, and thus when extractAggregatesVisitor runs
-		// on s.render, the GroupBy expressions can contain wrapped IndexedVars.
-		// aggregateFuncHolder's Eval() method handles being called during grouping.
-		if col, err := colIndex(s.numOriginalCols, resolved); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		} else if col >= 0 {
+		if col != -1 {
 			groupBy[i] = s.render[col]
 			rawExpr = n.Exprs[col].Expr
 		} else {
+			// We do not need to fully analyze the GROUP BY expression here
+			// (as per analyzeExpr) because this is taken care of by addRender
+			// below.
+			resolved, _, err := p.resolveNames(expr, s.sourceInfo, s.ivarHelper)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 			groupBy[i] = resolved
 		}
 

pkg/sql/parser/constant.go

@@ -132,31 +132,31 @@ func (expr *NumVal) Format(buf *bytes.Buffer, f FmtFlags) {
 //  1.1 = no
 //  123...overflow...456 = no
 func (expr *NumVal) canBeInt64() bool {
-	_, err := expr.asInt64()
+	_, err := expr.AsInt64()
 	return err == nil
 }
 
-// shouldBeInt64 checks if the value naturally is an int64:
+// ShouldBeInt64 checks if the value naturally is an int64:
 //  1   = yes
 //  1.0 = no
 //  1.1 = no
 //  123...overflow...456 = no
 //
 // Currently unused so commented out, but useful even just for
 // its documentation value.
-// func (expr *NumVal) shouldBeInt64() bool {
-// 	return expr.Kind() == constant.Int && expr.canBeInt64()
-// }
+func (expr *NumVal) ShouldBeInt64() bool {
+	return expr.Kind() == constant.Int && expr.canBeInt64()
+}
 
 // These errors are statically allocated, because they are returned in the
-// common path of asInt64.
+// common path of AsInt64.
 var errConstNotInt = errors.New("cannot represent numeric constant as an int")
 var errConstOutOfRange = errors.New("numeric constant out of int64 range")
 
-// asInt64 returns the value as a 64-bit integer if possible, or returns an
+// AsInt64 returns the value as a 64-bit integer if possible, or returns an
 // error if not possible. The method will set expr.resInt to the value of
 // this int64 if it is successful, avoiding the need to call the method again.
-func (expr *NumVal) asInt64() (int64, error) {
+func (expr *NumVal) AsInt64() (int64, error) {
 	intVal, ok := expr.asConstantInt()
 	if !ok {
 		return 0, errConstNotInt
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ func (expr *NumVal) AvailableTypes() []Type {
 func (expr *NumVal) ResolveAsType(ctx *SemaContext, typ Type) (Datum, error) {
 	switch typ {
 	case TypeInt:
-		// We may have already set expr.resInt in asInt64.
+		// We may have already set expr.resInt in AsInt64.
 		if expr.resInt == 0 {
-			if _, err := expr.asInt64(); err != nil {
+			if _, err := expr.AsInt64(); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func (constantFolderVisitor) VisitPost(expr Expr) (retExpr Expr) {
 				}
 				if token, ok := binaryShiftOpToToken[t.Operator]; ok {
 					if lInt, ok := l.asConstantInt(); ok {
-						if rInt64, err := r.asInt64(); err == nil && rInt64 >= 0 {
+						if rInt64, err := r.AsInt64(); err == nil && rInt64 >= 0 {
 							return &NumVal{Value: constant.Shift(lInt, token, uint(rInt64))}
 						}
 					}
@@ -491,40 +491,3 @@ func foldConstantLiterals(expr Expr) (Expr, error) {
 	expr, _ = WalkExpr(v, expr)
 	return expr, nil
 }
-
-type constantTypeVisitor struct {
-	cfv constantFolderVisitor
-}
-
-var _ Visitor = constantTypeVisitor{}
-
-func (constantTypeVisitor) VisitPre(expr Expr) (recurse bool, newExpr Expr) {
-	switch t := expr.(type) {
-	case Constant:
-		typedConst, err := t.TypeCheck(nil, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		return false, typedConst
-	}
-	return true, expr
-}
-
-func (constantTypeVisitor) VisitPost(expr Expr) (retExpr Expr) { return expr }
-
-// TypeConstants type checks all Constant literal expressions, resolving
-// them as the Datum representations of their values. Before doing so,
-// it first folds all numeric constants.
-//
-// This means that Constants will become TypedExprs so that they can be
-// used in contexts which expect a TypedExpr tree (such as Normalization).
-// As such, the function is primarily intended for use while testing
-// expressions where full type checking is not desired.
-//
-// TODO(nvanbenschoten) Can this visitor be preallocated (like normalizeVisitor)?
-func TypeConstants(expr Expr) (TypedExpr, error) {
-	v := constantTypeVisitor{}
-	expr, _ = WalkExpr(v.cfv, expr)
-	expr, _ = WalkExpr(v, expr)
-	return expr.(TypedExpr), nil
-}

pkg/sql/parser/format.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 type fmtFlags struct {
 	showTypes        bool
 	showTableAliases bool
+	symbolicVars     bool
 	// tableNameNormalizer will be called on all NormalizableTableNames if it is
 	// non-nil. Its results will be used if they are non-nil, or ignored if they
 	// are nil.
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ var FmtQualify FmtFlags = &fmtFlags{showTableAliases: true}
 // annotate expressions with their resolved types.
 var FmtShowTypes FmtFlags = &fmtFlags{showTypes: true}
 
+// FmtSymbolicVars instructs the pretty-printer to
+// print indexedVars using symbolic notation, to
+// disambiguate columns.
+var FmtSymbolicVars FmtFlags = &fmtFlags{symbolicVars: true}
+
 // FmtNormalizeTableNames returns FmtFlags that instructs the pretty-printer
 // to normalize all table names using the provided function.
 func FmtNormalizeTableNames(fn func(*NormalizableTableName) *TableName) FmtFlags {

pkg/sql/parser/indexed_vars.go

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ func (v *IndexedVar) ResolvedType() Type {
 
 // Format implements the NodeFormatter interface.
 func (v *IndexedVar) Format(buf *bytes.Buffer, f FmtFlags) {
+	if f.symbolicVars {
+		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "@%d", v.Idx+1)
+		return
+	}
 	v.container.IndexedVarFormat(buf, f, v.Idx)
 }
 

pkg/sql/parser/normalize.go

@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ func (v *containsVarsVisitor) VisitPre(expr Expr) (recurse bool, newExpr Expr) {
 func (*containsVarsVisitor) VisitPost(expr Expr) Expr { return expr }
 
 // ContainsVars returns true if the expression contains any variables.
+// (variables = sub-expressions, placeholders, indexed vars, etc.)
 func ContainsVars(expr Expr) bool {
 	v := containsVarsVisitor{containsVars: false}
 	WalkExprConst(&v, expr)

pkg/sql/parser/scan_test.go

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func TestScanPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
 		if id != PLACEHOLDER {
 			t.Errorf("%s: expected %d, but found %d", d.sql, PLACEHOLDER, id)
 		}
-		if i, err := lval.union.numVal().asInt64(); err != nil {
+		if i, err := lval.union.numVal().AsInt64(); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("%s: expected success, but found %v", d.sql, err)
 		} else if d.expected != i {
 			t.Errorf("%s: expected %d, but found %d", d.sql, d.expected, i)