Partition key causes problem for volatile target list query

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Partition key causes problem for volatile target list query
Date: 2023-01-27 00:07:29
Message-ID: Y9MVwS6byAbzpnEi@momjian.us
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I have found an odd behavior --- a query in the target list that assigns
to a partitioned column causes queries that would normally be volatile
to return always zero.

In the first query, no partitioning is used:

d1 | d2
----+----
1 | 0
2 | 0
2 | 1
1 | 0
1 | 2
1 | 2
1 | 0
0 | 2
2 | 0
2 | 2

In the next query, 'd1' is a partition key and it gets a constant value
of zero for all rows:

d1 | d2
----+----
--> 0 | 1
--> 0 | 2
0 | 2
0 | 1
0 | 2
0 | 1
0 | 2
0 | 2
0 | 2
0 | 2

The self-contained query is attached. The value is _always_ zero, which
suggests random() is not being called; calling setseed() does not
change that. If I change "SELECT x" with "SELECT 2", the "2" is used.
I see this behavior back to PG 11.

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partition_test.sql application/sql 1.3 KB

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