initsplan.c

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * initsplan.c
 *	  Target list, qualification, joininfo initialization routines
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/initsplan.c,v 1.119 2006/07/11 17:04:13 momjian Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#include "postgres.h"

#include "catalog/pg_operator.h"
#include "catalog/pg_type.h"
#include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
#include "optimizer/clauses.h"
#include "optimizer/cost.h"
#include "optimizer/joininfo.h"
#include "optimizer/pathnode.h"
#include "optimizer/paths.h"
#include "optimizer/planmain.h"
#include "optimizer/prep.h"
#include "optimizer/restrictinfo.h"
#include "optimizer/tlist.h"
#include "optimizer/var.h"
#include "parser/parse_expr.h"
#include "parser/parse_oper.h"
#include "parser/parsetree.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
#include "utils/syscache.h"


/* These parameters are set by GUC */
int			from_collapse_limit;
int			join_collapse_limit;


static void add_vars_to_targetlist(PlannerInfo *root, List *vars,
					   Relids where_needed);
static List *deconstruct_recurse(PlannerInfo *root, Node *jtnode,
								 bool below_outer_join, Relids *qualscope);
static OuterJoinInfo *make_outerjoininfo(PlannerInfo *root,
										 Relids left_rels, Relids right_rels,
										 bool is_full_join, Node *clause);
static void distribute_qual_to_rels(PlannerInfo *root, Node *clause,
						bool is_pushed_down,
						bool is_deduced,
						bool below_outer_join,
						Relids qualscope,
						Relids ojscope,
						Relids outerjoin_nonnullable);
static bool qual_is_redundant(PlannerInfo *root, RestrictInfo *restrictinfo,
				  List *restrictlist);
static void check_mergejoinable(RestrictInfo *restrictinfo);
static void check_hashjoinable(RestrictInfo *restrictinfo);


/*****************************************************************************
 *
 *	 JOIN TREES
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 * add_base_rels_to_query
 *
 *	  Scan the query's jointree and create baserel RelOptInfos for all
 *	  the base relations (ie, table, subquery, and function RTEs)
 *	  appearing in the jointree.
 *
 * The initial invocation must pass root->parse->jointree as the value of
 * jtnode.  Internally, the function recurses through the jointree.
 *
 * At the end of this process, there should be one baserel RelOptInfo for
 * every non-join RTE that is used in the query.  Therefore, this routine
 * is the only place that should call build_simple_rel with reloptkind
 * RELOPT_BASEREL.  However, otherrels will be built later for append relation
 * members.
 */
void
add_base_rels_to_query(PlannerInfo *root, Node *jtnode)
{
	if (jtnode == NULL)
		return;
	if (IsA(jtnode, RangeTblRef))
	{
		int			varno = ((RangeTblRef *) jtnode)->rtindex;

		(void) build_simple_rel(root, varno, RELOPT_BASEREL);
	}
	else if (IsA(jtnode, FromExpr))
	{
		FromExpr   *f = (FromExpr *) jtnode;
		ListCell   *l;

		foreach(l, f->fromlist)
			add_base_rels_to_query(root, lfirst(l));
	}
	else if (IsA(jtnode, JoinExpr))
	{
		JoinExpr   *j = (JoinExpr *) jtnode;

		add_base_rels_to_query(root, j->larg);
		add_base_rels_to_query(root, j->rarg);
	}
	else
		elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d",
			 (int) nodeTag(jtnode));
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *
 *	 TARGET LISTS
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 * build_base_rel_tlists
 *	  Add targetlist entries for each var needed in the query's final tlist
 *	  to the appropriate base relations.
 *
 * We mark such vars as needed by "relation 0" to ensure that they will
 * propagate up through all join plan steps.
 */
void
build_base_rel_tlists(PlannerInfo *root, List *final_tlist)
{
	List	   *tlist_vars = pull_var_clause((Node *) final_tlist, false);

	if (tlist_vars != NIL)
	{
		add_vars_to_targetlist(root, tlist_vars, bms_make_singleton(0));
		list_free(tlist_vars);
	}
}

/*
 * add_vars_to_targetlist
 *	  For each variable appearing in the list, add it to the owning
 *	  relation's targetlist if not already present, and mark the variable
 *	  as being needed for the indicated join (or for final output if
 *	  where_needed includes "relation 0").
 */
static void
add_vars_to_targetlist(PlannerInfo *root, List *vars, Relids where_needed)
{
	ListCell   *temp;

	Assert(!bms_is_empty(where_needed));

	foreach(temp, vars)
	{
		Var		   *var = (Var *) lfirst(temp);
		RelOptInfo *rel = find_base_rel(root, var->varno);
		int			attrno = var->varattno;

		Assert(attrno >= rel->min_attr && attrno <= rel->max_attr);
		attrno -= rel->min_attr;
		if (bms_is_empty(rel->attr_needed[attrno]))
		{
			/* Variable not yet requested, so add to reltargetlist */
			/* XXX is copyObject necessary here? */
			rel->reltargetlist = lappend(rel->reltargetlist, copyObject(var));
		}
		rel->attr_needed[attrno] = bms_add_members(rel->attr_needed[attrno],
												   where_needed);
	}
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *
 *	  JOIN TREE PROCESSING
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 * deconstruct_jointree
 *	  Recursively scan the query's join tree for WHERE and JOIN/ON qual
 *	  clauses, and add these to the appropriate restrictinfo and joininfo
 *	  lists belonging to base RelOptInfos.  Also, add OuterJoinInfo nodes
 *	  to root->oj_info_list for any outer joins appearing in the query tree.
 *	  Return a "joinlist" data structure showing the join order decisions
 *	  that need to be made by make_one_rel().
 *
 * The "joinlist" result is a list of items that are either RangeTblRef
 * jointree nodes or sub-joinlists.  All the items at the same level of
 * joinlist must be joined in an order to be determined by make_one_rel()
 * (note that legal orders may be constrained by OuterJoinInfo nodes).
 * A sub-joinlist represents a subproblem to be planned separately. Currently
 * sub-joinlists arise only from FULL OUTER JOIN or when collapsing of
 * subproblems is stopped by join_collapse_limit or from_collapse_limit.
 *
 * NOTE: when dealing with inner joins, it is appropriate to let a qual clause
 * be evaluated at the lowest level where all the variables it mentions are
 * available.  However, we cannot push a qual down into the nullable side(s)
 * of an outer join since the qual might eliminate matching rows and cause a
 * NULL row to be incorrectly emitted by the join.  Therefore, we artificially
 * OR the minimum-relids of such an outer join into the required_relids of
 * clauses appearing above it.  This forces those clauses to be delayed until
 * application of the outer join (or maybe even higher in the join tree).
 */
List *
deconstruct_jointree(PlannerInfo *root)
{
	Relids		qualscope;

	/* Start recursion at top of jointree */
	Assert(root->parse->jointree != NULL &&
		   IsA(root->parse->jointree, FromExpr));

	return deconstruct_recurse(root, (Node *) root->parse->jointree, false,
							   &qualscope);
}

/*
 * deconstruct_recurse
 *	  One recursion level of deconstruct_jointree processing.
 *
 * Inputs:
 *	jtnode is the jointree node to examine
 *	below_outer_join is TRUE if this node is within the nullable side of a
 *		higher-level outer join
 * Outputs:
 *	*qualscope gets the set of base Relids syntactically included in this
 *		jointree node (do not modify or free this, as it may also be pointed
 *		to by RestrictInfo nodes)
 *	Return value is the appropriate joinlist for this jointree node
 *
 * In addition, entries will be added to root->oj_info_list for outer joins.
 */
static List *
deconstruct_recurse(PlannerInfo *root, Node *jtnode, bool below_outer_join,
					Relids *qualscope)
{
	List	   *joinlist;

	if (jtnode == NULL)
	{
		*qualscope = NULL;
		return NIL;
	}
	if (IsA(jtnode, RangeTblRef))
	{
		int			varno = ((RangeTblRef *) jtnode)->rtindex;

		/* No quals to deal with, just return correct result */
		*qualscope = bms_make_singleton(varno);
		joinlist = list_make1(jtnode);
	}
	else if (IsA(jtnode, FromExpr))
	{
		FromExpr   *f = (FromExpr *) jtnode;
		int			remaining;
		ListCell   *l;

		/*
		 * First, recurse to handle child joins.  We collapse subproblems
		 * into a single joinlist whenever the resulting joinlist wouldn't
		 * exceed from_collapse_limit members.  Also, always collapse
		 * one-element subproblems, since that won't lengthen the joinlist
		 * anyway.
		 */
		*qualscope = NULL;
		joinlist = NIL;
		remaining = list_length(f->fromlist);
		foreach(l, f->fromlist)
		{
			Relids	sub_qualscope;
			List   *sub_joinlist;
			int		sub_members;

			sub_joinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, lfirst(l),
											   below_outer_join,
											   &sub_qualscope);
			*qualscope = bms_add_members(*qualscope, sub_qualscope);
			sub_members = list_length(sub_joinlist);
			remaining--;
			if (sub_members <= 1 ||
				list_length(joinlist) + sub_members + remaining <= from_collapse_limit)
				joinlist = list_concat(joinlist, sub_joinlist);
			else
				joinlist = lappend(joinlist, sub_joinlist);
		}

		/*
		 * Now process the top-level quals.  These are always marked as
		 * "pushed down", since they clearly didn't come from a JOIN expr.
		 */
		foreach(l, (List *) f->quals)
			distribute_qual_to_rels(root, (Node *) lfirst(l),
									true, false, below_outer_join,
									*qualscope, NULL, NULL);
	}
	else if (IsA(jtnode, JoinExpr))
	{
		JoinExpr   *j = (JoinExpr *) jtnode;
		Relids		leftids,
					rightids,
					nonnullable_rels,
					ojscope;
		List	   *leftjoinlist,
				   *rightjoinlist;
		OuterJoinInfo *ojinfo;
		ListCell   *qual;

		/*
		 * Order of operations here is subtle and critical.  First we recurse
		 * to handle sub-JOINs.  Their join quals will be placed without
		 * regard for whether this level is an outer join, which is correct.
		 * Then we place our own join quals, which are restricted by lower
		 * outer joins in any case, and are forced to this level if this is an
		 * outer join and they mention the outer side.	Finally, if this is an
		 * outer join, we create an oj_info_list entry for the join.  This
		 * will prevent quals above us in the join tree that use those rels
		 * from being pushed down below this level.  (It's okay for upper
		 * quals to be pushed down to the outer side, however.)
		 */
		switch (j->jointype)
		{
			case JOIN_INNER:
				leftjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->larg,
												   below_outer_join,
												   &leftids);
				rightjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->rarg,
													below_outer_join,
													&rightids);
				*qualscope = bms_union(leftids, rightids);
				/* Inner join adds no restrictions for quals */
				nonnullable_rels = NULL;
				break;
			case JOIN_LEFT:
				leftjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->larg,
												   below_outer_join,
												   &leftids);
				rightjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->rarg,
													true,
													&rightids);
				*qualscope = bms_union(leftids, rightids);
				nonnullable_rels = leftids;
				break;
			case JOIN_FULL:
				leftjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->larg,
												   true,
												   &leftids);
				rightjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->rarg,
													true,
													&rightids);
				*qualscope = bms_union(leftids, rightids);
				/* each side is both outer and inner */
				nonnullable_rels = *qualscope;
				break;
			case JOIN_RIGHT:
				/* notice we switch leftids and rightids */
				leftjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->larg,
												   true,
												   &rightids);
				rightjoinlist = deconstruct_recurse(root, j->rarg,
													below_outer_join,
													&leftids);
				*qualscope = bms_union(leftids, rightids);
				nonnullable_rels = leftids;
				break;
			default:
				elog(ERROR, "unrecognized join type: %d",
					 (int) j->jointype);
				nonnullable_rels = NULL;		/* keep compiler quiet */
				leftjoinlist = rightjoinlist = NIL;
				break;
		}

		/*
		 * For an OJ, form the OuterJoinInfo now, because we need the OJ's
		 * semantic scope (ojscope) to pass to distribute_qual_to_rels.
		 */
		if (j->jointype != JOIN_INNER)
		{
			ojinfo = make_outerjoininfo(root, leftids, rightids,
										(j->jointype == JOIN_FULL), j->quals);
			ojscope = bms_union(ojinfo->min_lefthand, ojinfo->min_righthand);
		}
		else
		{
			ojinfo = NULL;
			ojscope = NULL;
		}

		/* Process the qual clauses */
		foreach(qual, (List *) j->quals)
			distribute_qual_to_rels(root, (Node *) lfirst(qual),
									false, false, below_outer_join,
									*qualscope, ojscope, nonnullable_rels);

		/* Now we can add the OuterJoinInfo to oj_info_list */
		if (ojinfo)
			root->oj_info_list = lappend(root->oj_info_list, ojinfo);

		/*
		 * Finally, compute the output joinlist.  We fold subproblems together
		 * except at a FULL JOIN or where join_collapse_limit would be
		 * exceeded.
		 */
		if (j->jointype != JOIN_FULL &&
			(list_length(leftjoinlist) + list_length(rightjoinlist) <=
			 join_collapse_limit))
			joinlist = list_concat(leftjoinlist, rightjoinlist);
		else					/* force the join order at this node */
			joinlist = list_make1(list_make2(leftjoinlist, rightjoinlist));
	}
	else
	{
		elog(ERROR, "unrecognized node type: %d",
			 (int) nodeTag(jtnode));
		joinlist = NIL;			/* keep compiler quiet */
	}
	return joinlist;
}

/*
 * make_outerjoininfo
 *	  Build an OuterJoinInfo for the current outer join
 *
 * Inputs:
 *	left_rels: the base Relids syntactically on outer side of join
 *	right_rels: the base Relids syntactically on inner side of join
 *	is_full_join: what it says
 *	clause: the outer join's join condition
 *
 * If the join is a RIGHT JOIN, left_rels and right_rels are switched by
 * the caller, so that left_rels is always the nonnullable side.  Hence
 * we need only distinguish the LEFT and FULL cases.
 *
 * The node should eventually be put into root->oj_info_list, but we
 * do not do that here.
 */
static OuterJoinInfo *
make_outerjoininfo(PlannerInfo *root,
				   Relids left_rels, Relids right_rels,
				   bool is_full_join, Node *clause)
{
	OuterJoinInfo *ojinfo = makeNode(OuterJoinInfo);
	Relids		clause_relids;
	Relids		strict_relids;
	ListCell   *l;

	/* If it's a full join, no need to be very smart */
	ojinfo->is_full_join = is_full_join;
	if (is_full_join)
	{
		ojinfo->min_lefthand = left_rels;
		ojinfo->min_righthand = right_rels;
		ojinfo->lhs_strict = false;			/* don't care about this */
		return ojinfo;
	}

	/*
	 * Retrieve all relids mentioned within the join clause.
	 */
	clause_relids = pull_varnos(clause);

	/*
	 * For which relids is the clause strict, ie, it cannot succeed if the
	 * rel's columns are all NULL?
	 */
	strict_relids = find_nonnullable_rels(clause);

	/* Remember whether the clause is strict for any LHS relations */
	ojinfo->lhs_strict = bms_overlap(strict_relids, left_rels);

	/*
	 * Required LHS is basically the LHS rels mentioned in the clause...
	 * but if there aren't any, punt and make it the full LHS, to avoid
	 * having an empty min_lefthand which will confuse later processing.
	 * (We don't try to be smart about such cases, just correct.)
	 * We may have to add more rels based on lower outer joins; see below.
	 */
	ojinfo->min_lefthand = bms_intersect(clause_relids, left_rels);
	if (bms_is_empty(ojinfo->min_lefthand))
		ojinfo->min_lefthand = bms_copy(left_rels);

	/*
	 * Required RHS is normally the full set of RHS rels.  Sometimes we
	 * can exclude some, see below.
	 */
	ojinfo->min_righthand = bms_copy(right_rels);

	foreach(l, root->oj_info_list)
	{
		OuterJoinInfo *otherinfo = (OuterJoinInfo *) lfirst(l);

		/* ignore full joins --- other mechanisms preserve their ordering */
		if (otherinfo->is_full_join)
			continue;

		/*
		 * For a lower OJ in our LHS, if our join condition uses the lower
		 * join's RHS and is not strict for that rel, we must preserve the
		 * ordering of the two OJs, so add lower OJ's full required relset to
		 * min_lefthand.
		 */
		if (bms_overlap(ojinfo->min_lefthand, otherinfo->min_righthand) &&
			!bms_overlap(strict_relids, otherinfo->min_righthand))
		{
			ojinfo->min_lefthand = bms_add_members(ojinfo->min_lefthand,
												   otherinfo->min_lefthand);
			ojinfo->min_lefthand = bms_add_members(ojinfo->min_lefthand,
												   otherinfo->min_righthand);
		}
		/*
		 * For a lower OJ in our RHS, if our join condition does not use the
		 * lower join's RHS and the lower OJ's join condition is strict, we
		 * can interchange the ordering of the two OJs, so exclude the lower
		 * RHS from our min_righthand.
		 */
		if (bms_overlap(ojinfo->min_righthand, otherinfo->min_righthand) &&
			!bms_overlap(clause_relids, otherinfo->min_righthand) &&
			otherinfo->lhs_strict)
		{
			ojinfo->min_righthand = bms_del_members(ojinfo->min_righthand,
													otherinfo->min_righthand);
		}
	}

	/* Neither set should be empty, else we might get confused later */
	Assert(!bms_is_empty(ojinfo->min_lefthand));
	Assert(!bms_is_empty(ojinfo->min_righthand));
	/* Shouldn't overlap either */
	Assert(!bms_overlap(ojinfo->min_lefthand, ojinfo->min_righthand));

	return ojinfo;
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *
 *	  QUALIFICATIONS
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 * distribute_qual_to_rels
 *	  Add clause information to either the baserestrictinfo or joininfo list
 *	  (depending on whether the clause is a join) of each base relation
 *	  mentioned in the clause.	A RestrictInfo node is created and added to
 *	  the appropriate list for each rel.  Also, if the clause uses a
 *	  mergejoinable operator and is not delayed by outer-join rules, enter
 *	  the left- and right-side expressions into the query's lists of
 *	  equijoined vars.
 *
 * 'clause': the qual clause to be distributed
 * 'is_pushed_down': if TRUE, force the clause to be marked 'is_pushed_down'
 *		(this indicates the clause came from a FromExpr, not a JoinExpr)
 * 'is_deduced': TRUE if the qual came from implied-equality deduction
 * 'below_outer_join': TRUE if the qual is from a JOIN/ON that is below the
 *		nullable side of a higher-level outer join.
 * 'qualscope': set of baserels the qual's syntactic scope covers
 * 'ojscope': NULL if not an outer-join qual, else the minimum set of baserels
 *		needed to form this join
 * 'outerjoin_nonnullable': NULL if not an outer-join qual, else the set of
 *		baserels appearing on the outer (nonnullable) side of the join
 *		(for FULL JOIN this includes both sides of the join, and must in fact
 *		equal qualscope)
 *
 * 'qualscope' identifies what level of JOIN the qual came from syntactically.
 * 'ojscope' is needed if we decide to force the qual up to the outer-join
 * level, which will be ojscope not necessarily qualscope.
 */
static void
distribute_qual_to_rels(PlannerInfo *root, Node *clause,
						bool is_pushed_down,
						bool is_deduced,
						bool below_outer_join,
						Relids qualscope,
						Relids ojscope,
						Relids outerjoin_nonnullable)
{
	Relids		relids;
	bool		outerjoin_delayed;
	bool		pseudoconstant = false;
	bool		maybe_equijoin;
	bool		maybe_outer_join;
	RestrictInfo *restrictinfo;
	RelOptInfo *rel;
	List	   *vars;

	/*
	 * Retrieve all relids mentioned within the clause.
	 */
	relids = pull_varnos(clause);

	/*
	 * Cross-check: clause should contain no relids not within its scope.
	 * Otherwise the parser messed up.
	 */
	if (!bms_is_subset(relids, qualscope))
		elog(ERROR, "JOIN qualification may not refer to other relations");
	if (ojscope && !bms_is_subset(relids, ojscope))
		elog(ERROR, "JOIN qualification may not refer to other relations");

	/*
	 * If the clause is variable-free, our normal heuristic for pushing it
	 * down to just the mentioned rels doesn't work, because there are none.
	 *
	 * If the clause is an outer-join clause, we must force it to the OJ's
	 * semantic level to preserve semantics.
	 *
	 * Otherwise, when the clause contains volatile functions, we force it
	 * to be evaluated at its original syntactic level.  This preserves the
	 * expected semantics.
	 *
	 * When the clause contains no volatile functions either, it is actually
	 * a pseudoconstant clause that will not change value during any one
	 * execution of the plan, and hence can be used as a one-time qual in
	 * a gating Result plan node.  We put such a clause into the regular
	 * RestrictInfo lists for the moment, but eventually createplan.c will
	 * pull it out and make a gating Result node immediately above whatever
	 * plan node the pseudoconstant clause is assigned to.  It's usually
	 * best to put a gating node as high in the plan tree as possible.
	 * If we are not below an outer join, we can actually push the
	 * pseudoconstant qual all the way to the top of the tree.  If we are
	 * below an outer join, we leave the qual at its original syntactic level
	 * (we could push it up to just below the outer join, but that seems more
	 * complex than it's worth).
	 */
	if (bms_is_empty(relids))
	{
		if (ojscope)
		{
			/* clause is attached to outer join, eval it there */
			relids = ojscope;
			/* mustn't use as gating qual, so don't mark pseudoconstant */
		}
		else
		{
			/* eval at original syntactic level */
			relids = qualscope;
			if (!contain_volatile_functions(clause))
			{
				/* mark as gating qual */
				pseudoconstant = true;
				/* tell createplan.c to check for gating quals */
				root->hasPseudoConstantQuals = true;
				/* if not below outer join, push it to top of tree */
				if (!below_outer_join)
				{
					relids = get_relids_in_jointree((Node *) root->parse->jointree);
					is_pushed_down = true;
				}
			}
		}
	}

	/*
	 * Check to see if clause application must be delayed by outer-join
	 * considerations.
	 */
	if (is_deduced)
	{
		/*
		 * If the qual came from implied-equality deduction, we always
		 * evaluate the qual at its natural semantic level.  It is the
		 * responsibility of the deducer not to create any quals that should
		 * be delayed by outer-join rules.
		 */
		Assert(bms_equal(relids, qualscope));
		Assert(!ojscope);
		Assert(!pseudoconstant);
		/* Needn't feed it back for more deductions */
		outerjoin_delayed = false;
		maybe_equijoin = false;
		maybe_outer_join = false;
	}
	else if (bms_overlap(relids, outerjoin_nonnullable))
	{
		/*
		 * The qual is attached to an outer join and mentions (some of the)
		 * rels on the nonnullable side.  Force the qual to be evaluated
		 * exactly at the level of joining corresponding to the outer join. We
		 * cannot let it get pushed down into the nonnullable side, since then
		 * we'd produce no output rows, rather than the intended single
		 * null-extended row, for any nonnullable-side rows failing the qual.
		 *
		 * Note: an outer-join qual that mentions only nullable-side rels can
		 * be pushed down into the nullable side without changing the join
		 * result, so we treat it the same as an ordinary inner-join qual,
		 * except for not setting maybe_equijoin (see below).
		 */
		Assert(ojscope);
		relids = ojscope;
		outerjoin_delayed = true;
		Assert(!pseudoconstant);

		/*
		 * We can't use such a clause to deduce equijoin (the left and right
		 * sides might be unequal above the join because one of them has gone
		 * to NULL) ... but we might be able to use it for more limited
		 * purposes.  Note: for the current uses of deductions from an
		 * outer-join clause, it seems safe to make the deductions even when
		 * the clause is below a higher-level outer join; so we do not check
		 * below_outer_join here.
		 */
		maybe_equijoin = false;
		maybe_outer_join = true;
	}
	else
	{
		/*
		 * For a non-outer-join qual, we can evaluate the qual as soon as (1)
		 * we have all the rels it mentions, and (2) we are at or above any
		 * outer joins that can null any of these rels and are below the
		 * syntactic location of the given qual. To enforce the latter, scan
		 * the oj_info_list and merge the required-relid sets of any such OJs
		 * into the clause's own reference list.  At the time we are called,
		 * the oj_info_list contains only outer joins below this qual.
		 */
		Relids		addrelids = NULL;
		ListCell   *l;

		outerjoin_delayed = false;
		foreach(l, root->oj_info_list)
		{
			OuterJoinInfo *ojinfo = (OuterJoinInfo *) lfirst(l);

			if (bms_overlap(relids, ojinfo->min_righthand) ||
				(ojinfo->is_full_join &&
				 bms_overlap(relids, ojinfo->min_lefthand)))
			{
				addrelids = bms_add_members(addrelids, ojinfo->min_lefthand);
				addrelids = bms_add_members(addrelids, ojinfo->min_righthand);
				outerjoin_delayed = true;
			}
		}

		if (bms_is_subset(addrelids, relids))
		{
			/*
			 * Qual is not delayed by any lower outer-join restriction. If it
			 * is not itself below or within an outer join, we can consider it
			 * "valid everywhere", so consider feeding it to the equijoin
			 * machinery.  (If it is within an outer join, we can't consider
			 * it "valid everywhere": once the contained variables have gone
			 * to NULL, we'd be asserting things like NULL = NULL, which is
			 * not true.)
			 */
			if (!below_outer_join && outerjoin_nonnullable == NULL)
				maybe_equijoin = true;
			else
				maybe_equijoin = false;
		}
		else
		{
			relids = bms_union(relids, addrelids);
			/* Should still be a subset of current scope ... */
			Assert(bms_is_subset(relids, qualscope));

			/*
			 * Because application of the qual will be delayed by outer join,
			 * we mustn't assume its vars are equal everywhere.
			 */
			maybe_equijoin = false;
		}
		bms_free(addrelids);
		maybe_outer_join = false;
	}

	/*
	 * Mark the qual as "pushed down" if it can be applied at a level below
	 * its original syntactic level.  This allows us to distinguish original
	 * JOIN/ON quals from higher-level quals pushed down to the same joinrel.
	 * A qual originating from WHERE is always considered "pushed down".
	 * Note that for an outer-join qual, we have to compare to ojscope not
	 * qualscope.
	 */
	if (!is_pushed_down)
		is_pushed_down = !bms_equal(relids, ojscope ? ojscope : qualscope);

	/*
	 * Build the RestrictInfo node itself.
	 */
	restrictinfo = make_restrictinfo((Expr *) clause,
									 is_pushed_down,
									 outerjoin_delayed,
									 pseudoconstant,
									 relids);

	/*
	 * Figure out where to attach it.
	 */
	switch (bms_membership(relids))
	{
		case BMS_SINGLETON:

			/*
			 * There is only one relation participating in 'clause', so
			 * 'clause' is a restriction clause for that relation.
			 */
			rel = find_base_rel(root, bms_singleton_member(relids));

			/*
			 * Check for a "mergejoinable" clause even though it's not a join
			 * clause.	This is so that we can recognize that "a.x = a.y"
			 * makes x and y eligible to be considered equal, even when they
			 * belong to the same rel.	Without this, we would not recognize
			 * that "a.x = a.y AND a.x = b.z AND a.y = c.q" allows us to
			 * consider z and q equal after their rels are joined.
			 */
			check_mergejoinable(restrictinfo);

			/*
			 * If the clause was deduced from implied equality, check to see
			 * whether it is redundant with restriction clauses we already
			 * have for this rel.  Note we cannot apply this check to
			 * user-written clauses, since we haven't found the canonical
			 * pathkey sets yet while processing user clauses. (NB: no
			 * comparable check is done in the join-clause case; redundancy
			 * will be detected when the join clause is moved into a join
			 * rel's restriction list.)
			 */
			if (!is_deduced ||
				!qual_is_redundant(root, restrictinfo,
								   rel->baserestrictinfo))
			{
				/* Add clause to rel's restriction list */
				rel->baserestrictinfo = lappend(rel->baserestrictinfo,
												restrictinfo);
			}
			break;
		case BMS_MULTIPLE:

			/*
			 * 'clause' is a join clause, since there is more than one rel in
			 * the relid set.
			 */

			/*
			 * Check for hash or mergejoinable operators.
			 *
			 * We don't bother setting the hashjoin info if we're not going to
			 * need it.  We do want to know about mergejoinable ops in all
			 * cases, however, because we use mergejoinable ops for other
			 * purposes such as detecting redundant clauses.
			 */
			check_mergejoinable(restrictinfo);
			if (enable_hashjoin)
				check_hashjoinable(restrictinfo);

			/*
			 * Add clause to the join lists of all the relevant relations.
			 */
			add_join_clause_to_rels(root, restrictinfo, relids);

			/*
			 * Add vars used in the join clause to targetlists of their
			 * relations, so that they will be emitted by the plan nodes that
			 * scan those relations (else they won't be available at the join
			 * node!).
			 */
			vars = pull_var_clause(clause, false);
			add_vars_to_targetlist(root, vars, relids);
			list_free(vars);
			break;
		default:

			/*
			 * 'clause' references no rels, and therefore we have no place to
			 * attach it.  Shouldn't get here if callers are working properly.
			 */
			elog(ERROR, "cannot cope with variable-free clause");
			break;
	}

	/*
	 * If the clause has a mergejoinable operator, we may be able to deduce
	 * more things from it under the principle of transitivity.
	 *
	 * If it is not an outer-join qualification nor bubbled up due to an outer
	 * join, then the two sides represent equivalent PathKeyItems for path
	 * keys: any path that is sorted by one side will also be sorted by the
	 * other (as soon as the two rels are joined, that is).  Pass such clauses
	 * to add_equijoined_keys.
	 *
	 * If it is a left or right outer-join qualification that relates the two
	 * sides of the outer join (no funny business like leftvar1 = leftvar2 +
	 * rightvar), we add it to root->left_join_clauses or
	 * root->right_join_clauses according to which side the nonnullable
	 * variable appears on.
	 *
	 * If it is a full outer-join qualification, we add it to
	 * root->full_join_clauses.  (Ideally we'd discard cases that aren't
	 * leftvar = rightvar, as we do for left/right joins, but this routine
	 * doesn't have the info needed to do that; and the current usage of the
	 * full_join_clauses list doesn't require that, so it's not currently
	 * worth complicating this routine's API to make it possible.)
	 */
	if (restrictinfo->mergejoinoperator != InvalidOid)
	{
		if (maybe_equijoin)
			add_equijoined_keys(root, restrictinfo);
		else if (maybe_outer_join && restrictinfo->can_join)
		{
			if (bms_is_subset(restrictinfo->left_relids,
							  outerjoin_nonnullable) &&
				!bms_overlap(restrictinfo->right_relids,
							 outerjoin_nonnullable))
			{
				/* we have outervar = innervar */
				root->left_join_clauses = lappend(root->left_join_clauses,
												  restrictinfo);
			}
			else if (bms_is_subset(restrictinfo->right_relids,
								   outerjoin_nonnullable) &&
					 !bms_overlap(restrictinfo->left_relids,
								  outerjoin_nonnullable))
			{
				/* we have innervar = outervar */
				root->right_join_clauses = lappend(root->right_join_clauses,
												   restrictinfo);
			}
			else if (bms_equal(outerjoin_nonnullable, qualscope))
			{
				/* FULL JOIN (above tests cannot match in this case) */
				root->full_join_clauses = lappend(root->full_join_clauses,
												  restrictinfo);
			}
		}
	}
}

/*
 * process_implied_equality
 *	  Check to see whether we already have a restrictinfo item that says
 *	  item1 = item2, and create one if not; or if delete_it is true,
 *	  remove any such restrictinfo item.
 *
 * This processing is a consequence of transitivity of mergejoin equality:
 * if we have mergejoinable clauses A = B and B = C, we can deduce A = C
 * (where = is an appropriate mergejoinable operator).	See path/pathkeys.c
 * for more details.
 */
void
process_implied_equality(PlannerInfo *root,
						 Node *item1, Node *item2,
						 Oid sortop1, Oid sortop2,
						 Relids item1_relids, Relids item2_relids,
						 bool delete_it)
{
	Relids		relids;
	BMS_Membership membership;
	RelOptInfo *rel1;
	List	   *restrictlist;
	ListCell   *itm;
	Oid			ltype,
				rtype;
	Operator	eq_operator;
	Form_pg_operator pgopform;
	Expr	   *clause;

	/* Get set of relids referenced in the two expressions */
	relids = bms_union(item1_relids, item2_relids);
	membership = bms_membership(relids);

	/*
	 * generate_implied_equalities() shouldn't call me on two constants.
	 */
	Assert(membership != BMS_EMPTY_SET);

	/*
	 * If the exprs involve a single rel, we need to look at that rel's
	 * baserestrictinfo list.  If multiple rels, we can scan the joininfo list
	 * of any of 'em.
	 */
	if (membership == BMS_SINGLETON)
	{
		rel1 = find_base_rel(root, bms_singleton_member(relids));
		restrictlist = rel1->baserestrictinfo;
	}
	else
	{
		Relids		other_rels;
		int			first_rel;

		/* Copy relids, find and remove one member */
		other_rels = bms_copy(relids);
		first_rel = bms_first_member(other_rels);
		bms_free(other_rels);

		rel1 = find_base_rel(root, first_rel);
		restrictlist = rel1->joininfo;
	}

	/*
	 * Scan to see if equality is already known.  If so, we're done in the add
	 * case, and done after removing it in the delete case.
	 */
	foreach(itm, restrictlist)
	{
		RestrictInfo *restrictinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(itm);
		Node	   *left,
				   *right;

		if (restrictinfo->mergejoinoperator == InvalidOid)
			continue;			/* ignore non-mergejoinable clauses */
		/* We now know the restrictinfo clause is a binary opclause */
		left = get_leftop(restrictinfo->clause);
		right = get_rightop(restrictinfo->clause);
		if ((equal(item1, left) && equal(item2, right)) ||
			(equal(item2, left) && equal(item1, right)))
		{
			/* found a matching clause */
			if (delete_it)
			{
				if (membership == BMS_SINGLETON)
				{
					/* delete it from local restrictinfo list */
					rel1->baserestrictinfo = list_delete_ptr(rel1->baserestrictinfo,
															 restrictinfo);
				}
				else
				{
					/* let joininfo.c do it */
					remove_join_clause_from_rels(root, restrictinfo, relids);
				}
			}
			return;				/* done */
		}
	}

	/* Didn't find it.  Done if deletion requested */
	if (delete_it)
		return;

	/*
	 * This equality is new information, so construct a clause representing it
	 * to add to the query data structures.
	 */
	ltype = exprType(item1);
	rtype = exprType(item2);
	eq_operator = compatible_oper(NULL, list_make1(makeString("=")),
								  ltype, rtype,
								  true, -1);
	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(eq_operator))
	{
		/*
		 * Would it be safe to just not add the equality to the query if we
		 * have no suitable equality operator for the combination of
		 * datatypes?  NO, because sortkey selection may screw up anyway.
		 */
		ereport(ERROR,
				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_FUNCTION),
		errmsg("could not identify an equality operator for types %s and %s",
			   format_type_be(ltype), format_type_be(rtype))));
	}
	pgopform = (Form_pg_operator) GETSTRUCT(eq_operator);

	/*
	 * Let's just make sure this appears to be a compatible operator.
	 */
	if (pgopform->oprlsortop != sortop1 ||
		pgopform->oprrsortop != sortop2 ||
		pgopform->oprresult != BOOLOID)
		ereport(ERROR,
				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
				 errmsg("equality operator for types %s and %s should be merge-joinable, but isn't",
						format_type_be(ltype), format_type_be(rtype))));

	/*
	 * Now we can build the new clause.  Copy to ensure it shares no
	 * substructure with original (this is necessary in case there are
	 * subselects in there...)
	 */
	clause = make_opclause(oprid(eq_operator),	/* opno */
						   BOOLOID,		/* opresulttype */
						   false,		/* opretset */
						   (Expr *) copyObject(item1),
						   (Expr *) copyObject(item2));

	ReleaseSysCache(eq_operator);

	/*
	 * Push the new clause into all the appropriate restrictinfo lists.
	 *
	 * Note: we mark the qual "pushed down" to ensure that it can never be
	 * taken for an original JOIN/ON clause.
	 */
	distribute_qual_to_rels(root, (Node *) clause,
							true, true, false, relids, NULL, NULL);
}

/*
 * qual_is_redundant
 *	  Detect whether an implied-equality qual that turns out to be a
 *	  restriction clause for a single base relation is redundant with
 *	  already-known restriction clauses for that rel.  This occurs with,
 *	  for example,
 *				SELECT * FROM tab WHERE f1 = f2 AND f2 = f3;
 *	  We need to suppress the redundant condition to avoid computing
 *	  too-small selectivity, not to mention wasting time at execution.
 *
 * Note: quals of the form "var = const" are never considered redundant,
 * only those of the form "var = var".	This is needed because when we
 * have constants in an implied-equality set, we use a different strategy
 * that suppresses all "var = var" deductions.	We must therefore keep
 * all the "var = const" quals.
 */
static bool
qual_is_redundant(PlannerInfo *root,
				  RestrictInfo *restrictinfo,
				  List *restrictlist)
{
	Node	   *newleft;
	Node	   *newright;
	List	   *oldquals;
	ListCell   *olditem;
	List	   *equalexprs;
	bool		someadded;

	/* Never redundant unless vars appear on both sides */
	if (bms_is_empty(restrictinfo->left_relids) ||
		bms_is_empty(restrictinfo->right_relids))
		return false;

	newleft = get_leftop(restrictinfo->clause);
	newright = get_rightop(restrictinfo->clause);

	/*
	 * Set cached pathkeys.  NB: it is okay to do this now because this
	 * routine is only invoked while we are generating implied equalities.
	 * Therefore, the equi_key_list is already complete and so we can
	 * correctly determine canonical pathkeys.
	 */
	cache_mergeclause_pathkeys(root, restrictinfo);
	/* If different, say "not redundant" (should never happen) */
	if (restrictinfo->left_pathkey != restrictinfo->right_pathkey)
		return false;

	/*
	 * Scan existing quals to find those referencing same pathkeys. Usually
	 * there will be few, if any, so build a list of just the interesting
	 * ones.
	 */
	oldquals = NIL;
	foreach(olditem, restrictlist)
	{
		RestrictInfo *oldrinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(olditem);

		if (oldrinfo->mergejoinoperator != InvalidOid)
		{
			cache_mergeclause_pathkeys(root, oldrinfo);
			if (restrictinfo->left_pathkey == oldrinfo->left_pathkey &&
				restrictinfo->right_pathkey == oldrinfo->right_pathkey)
				oldquals = lcons(oldrinfo, oldquals);
		}
	}
	if (oldquals == NIL)
		return false;

	/*
	 * Now, we want to develop a list of exprs that are known equal to the
	 * left side of the new qual.  We traverse the old-quals list repeatedly
	 * to transitively expand the exprs list.  If at any point we find we can
	 * reach the right-side expr of the new qual, we are done.	We give up
	 * when we can't expand the equalexprs list any more.
	 */
	equalexprs = list_make1(newleft);
	do
	{
		someadded = false;
		/* cannot use foreach here because of possible list_delete */
		olditem = list_head(oldquals);
		while (olditem)
		{
			RestrictInfo *oldrinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(olditem);
			Node	   *oldleft = get_leftop(oldrinfo->clause);
			Node	   *oldright = get_rightop(oldrinfo->clause);
			Node	   *newguy = NULL;

			/* must advance olditem before list_delete possibly pfree's it */
			olditem = lnext(olditem);

			if (list_member(equalexprs, oldleft))
				newguy = oldright;
			else if (list_member(equalexprs, oldright))
				newguy = oldleft;
			else
				continue;
			if (equal(newguy, newright))
				return true;	/* we proved new clause is redundant */
			equalexprs = lcons(newguy, equalexprs);
			someadded = true;

			/*
			 * Remove this qual from list, since we don't need it anymore.
			 */
			oldquals = list_delete_ptr(oldquals, oldrinfo);
		}
	} while (someadded);

	return false;				/* it's not redundant */
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *
 *	 CHECKS FOR MERGEJOINABLE AND HASHJOINABLE CLAUSES
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 * check_mergejoinable
 *	  If the restrictinfo's clause is mergejoinable, set the mergejoin
 *	  info fields in the restrictinfo.
 *
 *	  Currently, we support mergejoin for binary opclauses where
 *	  the operator is a mergejoinable operator.  The arguments can be
 *	  anything --- as long as there are no volatile functions in them.
 */
static void
check_mergejoinable(RestrictInfo *restrictinfo)
{
	Expr	   *clause = restrictinfo->clause;
	Oid			opno,
				leftOp,
				rightOp;

	if (restrictinfo->pseudoconstant)
		return;
	if (!is_opclause(clause))
		return;
	if (list_length(((OpExpr *) clause)->args) != 2)
		return;

	opno = ((OpExpr *) clause)->opno;

	if (op_mergejoinable(opno,
						 &leftOp,
						 &rightOp) &&
		!contain_volatile_functions((Node *) clause))
	{
		restrictinfo->mergejoinoperator = opno;
		restrictinfo->left_sortop = leftOp;
		restrictinfo->right_sortop = rightOp;
	}
}

/*
 * check_hashjoinable
 *	  If the restrictinfo's clause is hashjoinable, set the hashjoin
 *	  info fields in the restrictinfo.
 *
 *	  Currently, we support hashjoin for binary opclauses where
 *	  the operator is a hashjoinable operator.	The arguments can be
 *	  anything --- as long as there are no volatile functions in them.
 */
static void
check_hashjoinable(RestrictInfo *restrictinfo)
{
	Expr	   *clause = restrictinfo->clause;
	Oid			opno;

	if (restrictinfo->pseudoconstant)
		return;
	if (!is_opclause(clause))
		return;
	if (list_length(((OpExpr *) clause)->args) != 2)
		return;

	opno = ((OpExpr *) clause)->opno;

	if (op_hashjoinable(opno) &&
		!contain_volatile_functions((Node *) clause))
		restrictinfo->hashjoinoperator = opno;
}