Re: Add RESPECT/IGNORE NULLS and FROM FIRST/LAST options

>> 2. AFAICS there is only one notnull_info array, which amounts to
>> assuming that the window function will have only one argument position
>> that it calls WinGetFuncArgInFrame or WinGetFuncArgInPartition for.
>> That may be true for the built-in functions but it seems mighty
>> restrictive for extensions. Worse yet, there's no check, so that
>> you'd just get silently wrong answers if two or more arguments are
>> evaluated. I think there ought to be a separate array for each argno;
>> of course only created if the window function actually asks for
>> evaluations of a particular argno.
>
> I missed that. Thank you for pointed it out. I agree it would be
> better allow to use multiple argument positions that calls
> WinGetFuncArgInFrame or WinGetFuncArgInPartition in
> extensions. Attached is a PoC patch for that.
>
> Currently there's an issue with the patch, however.
>
> SELECT x, y, mywindowfunc2(x, y, 2) IGNORE NULLS OVER w FROM g
> WINDOW w AS (ORDER BY y);
> psql:test2.sql:9: ERROR: cannot fetch row before WindowObject's mark position
>
> mywindowfunc2 is a user defined window function, taking 3 arguments. x
> and y are expected to be evaluated to integer. The third argument is
> relative offset to current row. In the query above x and y are
> retrieved using two WinGetFuncArgInPartition() calls. The data set
> (table "g") looks like below.
>
> x | y
> ----+---
> | 1
> | 2
> 10 | 3
> 20 | 4
> (4 rows)
>
> I think the cause of the error is:
>
> (1) WinGetFuncArgInPartition keep on fetching column x until it's
> evalued to not null and placed in the second row (in this case that's
> x==20). In WinGetFuncArgInPartition WinSetMarkPosition is called at
> abs_pos==3.
>
> (2) WinGetFuncArgInPartition tries to fetch column y at row 0. Since
> the mark was set to at row 3, the error occurred.
>
> To avoid the error, we could call WinGetFuncArgInPartition with
> set_mark = false (and call WinSetMarkPosition separately) but I am not
> sure if it's an acceptable solution.

Attached is a v2 patch to fix the "cannot fetch row before
WindowObject's mark position" error, by tweaking the logic to
calculate the set mark position in WinGetFuncArgInPartition.

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Tatsuo Ishii
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