Re: Errors "failed to construct the join relation" and "failed to build any 2-way joins"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Will Leinweber <will(at)bitfission(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Errors "failed to construct the join relation" and "failed to build any 2-way joins"
Date: 2019-12-13 23:09:21
Message-ID: 13995.1576278561@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> Will Leinweber <will(at)bitfission(dot)com> writes:
>> On 12.1, fresh initdb the following query gives me the error
>> "ERROR: failed to construct the join relation"

> Eyeing the plan produced by v11, I'm suspecting some oversight in
> the RTE_RESULT changes (4be058fe9); but I haven't actually bisected.

Yup: it's folding the join tree to the point where a PlaceHolderVar ends
up marked as to be evaluated by the same relation that uses it, and then
things go all pear-shaped. Here's a proposed patch for that.

regards, tom lane

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