Bug #795: null resulting from left join corrupts select

karsten merkle (karsten(dot)merkle(at)artundweise(dot)de) reports a bug with a severity of 1
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Short Description
null resulting from left join corrupts select

Long Description
Version:
PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96

Error:
equal in where clause fails.

Condition:
having two tables, the second is referencing the first
table test1 :
test1_id
----------
1
2

and table test2:
test2_id | test1_id
----------+----------
1 | 1

I will get the correct result without a left join:

select
*
from
test1, test2
where
test1.test1_id = test2.test2_id;

test1_id | test2_id | test1_id
----------+----------+----------
1 | 1 | 1

but using a left join the where clause won't work:
select
*
from
test1 left join test2 on (test1.test1_id = test2.test1_id)
where
test1.test1_id = test2.test1_id;

test1_id | test2_id | test1_id
----------+----------+----------
1 | 1 | 1
2 | |

Expectation:
the test2.test1_id '' doesn't look like test1.test1_id '2' !
I would have expected the same result as it was given by the statement before.

I would be lucky to support you
(according to my abilities)
--karsten merkle

Sample Code
CREATE TABLE test1 (
test1_id INTEGER ,
PRIMARY KEY (test1_id)
);

CREATE TABLE test2 (
test2_id INTEGER ,
test1_id INTEGER ,
PRIMARY KEY (test1_id)
);

insert into test1 values (1);
insert into test1 values (2);

insert into test2 values (1,1);

select
*
from
test1, test2
where
test1.test1_id = test2.test2_id;

select
*
from
test1 left join test2 on (test1.test1_id = test2.test1_id)
where
test1.test1_id = test2.test1_id;

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