Allow pushdown of HAVING clauses with grouping sets

Richard Guo <rguo@postgresql.org>

Commit: 67a54b9e83d331eadd3a595e6c3bfec06288d2c4
Author: Richard Guo <rguo@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-10-09T08:19:04Z
Releases: 18.0
Allow pushdown of HAVING clauses with grouping sets

In some cases, we may want to transfer a HAVING clause into WHERE in
hopes of eliminating tuples before aggregation instead of after.

Previously, we couldn't do this if there were any nonempty grouping
sets, because we didn't have a way to tell if the HAVING clause
referenced any columns that were nullable by the grouping sets, and
moving such a clause into WHERE could potentially change the results.

Now, with expressions marked nullable by grouping sets with the RT
index of the RTE_GROUP RTE, it is much easier to identify those
clauses that reference any nullable-by-grouping-sets columns: we just
need to check if the RT index of the RTE_GROUP RTE is present in the
clause.  For other HAVING clauses, they can be safely pushed down.

Author: Richard Guo
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMbWs4-NpzPgtKU=hgnvyn+J-GanxQCjrUi7piNzZ=upiCV=2Q@mail.gmail.com

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