Re: recursive query crash

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: recursive query crash
Date: 2008-10-11 15:25:09
Message-ID: 21910.1223738709@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> This crashes, apparently it tries to look up the result type on a NULL
> planstate:

Tsk tsk, running CVS HEAD without Asserts?

It looks like things are getting initialized in the wrong order. Maybe
we need to attach the initplan lower down.

> Incidentally, why are the parentheses required around the second branch of the
> union?

AFAICT, the spec's grammar won't let you put WITH there at all, even
with the parens; but it's definitely invalid without --- note their
distinction between <query expression> and <query expression body>.
We'll see if we can make it work in PG though.

regards, tom lane

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