From 69fcbf2b907ff83aaa17593c5596e495cc0720e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:07:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH v20260512 4/4] Resolve unknown-type literals in GRAPH_TABLE
 COLUMNS

The unknown-type literals in the COLUMNS clause of a GRAPH_TABLE are now
resolved to the appropriate types, causing various failures. Call
resolveTargetListUnknowns() on the columns targetlist to resolve unknonw type
literals. Do this before assigning collations so that the resolved types are
used for collations assignment.

Reported by: Satya Narlapuram <satyanarlapuram@gmail.com>
Author: Satya Narlapuram <satyanarlapuram@gmail.com>
Author: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: Junwang Zhao <zhjwpku@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAHg+QDcyKNWyzDoKMxiZNjv7C-wAxs8y0ZoNkOV137Y+nk3UXg@mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c         | 4 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/graph_table.out | 9 +++++++++
 src/test/regress/sql/graph_table.sql      | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
index 4270c2382c4..3d0585b8efb 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,10 @@ transformRangeGraphTable(ParseState *pstate, RangeGraphTable *rgt)
 		columns = lappend(columns, te);
 	}
 
+	/* resolve any still-unresolved output columns as being type text */
+	if (pstate->p_resolve_unknowns)
+		resolveTargetListUnknowns(pstate, columns);
+
 	/*
 	 * Assign collations to column expressions now since
 	 * assign_query_collations() does not process rangetable entries.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/graph_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/graph_table.out
index cc6d80afd82..e8d49fd5cd4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/graph_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/graph_table.out
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ SELECT * FROM GRAPH_TABLE (myshop MATCH (c IS customers) COLUMNS (c.name));
  customer3
 (3 rows)
 
+-- Unknown type resolution
+SELECT *, pg_typeof(unknown_col) AS unknown_col_type, pg_typeof(null_col) AS null_col_type FROM GRAPH_TABLE (myshop MATCH (c IS customers) COLUMNS (c.name, 'unknown-literal' AS unknown_col, NULL AS null_col));
+   name    |   unknown_col   | null_col | unknown_col_type | null_col_type 
+-----------+-----------------+----------+------------------+---------------
+ customer1 | unknown-literal |          | text             | text
+ customer2 | unknown-literal |          | text             | text
+ customer3 | unknown-literal |          | text             | text
+(3 rows)
+
 SELECT * FROM GRAPH_TABLE (myshop MATCH (c IS customers WHERE c.address = 'US')-[IS customer_orders]->(o IS orders) COLUMNS (c.name));
    name    
 -----------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/graph_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/graph_table.sql
index 0e381ec72bc..e761f09e057 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/graph_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/graph_table.sql
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ INSERT INTO wishlist_items (wishlist_items_id, wishlist_id, product_no) VALUES
 
 -- single element path pattern
 SELECT * FROM GRAPH_TABLE (myshop MATCH (c IS customers) COLUMNS (c.name));
+-- Unknown type resolution
+SELECT *, pg_typeof(unknown_col) AS unknown_col_type, pg_typeof(null_col) AS null_col_type FROM GRAPH_TABLE (myshop MATCH (c IS customers) COLUMNS (c.name, 'unknown-literal' AS unknown_col, NULL AS null_col));
 SELECT * FROM GRAPH_TABLE (myshop MATCH (c IS customers WHERE c.address = 'US')-[IS customer_orders]->(o IS orders) COLUMNS (c.name));
 -- graph element specification without label or variable
 SELECT * FROM GRAPH_TABLE (myshop MATCH (c IS customers WHERE c.address = 'US')-[]->(o IS orders) COLUMNS (c.name AS customer_name));
-- 
2.34.1

