Re: Bug (8.4beta): FailedAssertion("!(bms_is_subset(relids, qualscope))", File: "initsplan.c", Line: 915)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Stefan Huehner <stefan(at)huehner(dot)org>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bug (8.4beta): FailedAssertion("!(bms_is_subset(relids, qualscope))", File: "initsplan.c", Line: 915)
Date: 2009-05-06 17:38:51
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Oh! What is happening is that to_number(1) is being reduced to constant
> NULL, whereupon it concludes that ad_tab_id=to_number(1) is constant
> NULL, ergo the EXISTS can never succeed, ergo the entire WHERE is
> constant false.

> CREATE FUNCTION to_number(integer) RETURNS numeric
> LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE
> AS $_$
> BEGIN
> RETURN to_number($1, 'S99999999999999D999999');
> EXCEPTION
> WHEN OTHERS THEN
> RETURN NULL;
> END;
> $_$;

How can the executor "see through" a plpgsql function definition? Or do
you mean that this reduction is being done at execution time? (hmm ...
this is what a one-time filter is, now that I think about it?)

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