Re: Window function optimisation, allow pushdowns of items matching PARTITION BY clauses

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Rowley <dgrowley(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, thomas(dot)mayer(at)student(dot)kit(dot)edu
Subject: Re: Window function optimisation, allow pushdowns of items matching PARTITION BY clauses
Date: 2014-04-13 15:31:41
Message-ID: 32204.1397403101@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Rowley <dgrowley(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On this thread
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/52C6F712.6040804@student.kit.edu there
> was some discussion around allowing push downs of quals that happen to be
> in every window clause of the sub query. I've quickly put together a patch
> which does this (see attached)

I think you should have check_output_expressions deal with this, instead.
Compare the existing test there for non-DISTINCT output columns.

> Oh and I know that my function var_exists_in_all_query_partition_by_clauses
> has no business in allpaths.c, I'll move it out as soon as I find a better
> home for it.

I might be wrong, but I think you could just embed that search loop in
check_output_expressions, and it wouldn't be too ugly.

regards, tom lane

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