Add a new column to pg_am to specify whether an index AM supports backward
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Add a new column to pg_am to specify whether an index AM supports backward scanning; GiST and GIN do not, and it seems like too much trouble to make them do so. By teaching ExecSupportsBackwardScan() about this restriction, we ensure that the planner will protect a scroll cursor from the problem by adding a Materialize node. In passing, fix another longstanding bug in the same area: backwards scan of a plan with set-returning functions in the targetlist did not work either, since the TupFromTlist expansion code pays no attention to direction (and has no way to run a SRF backwards anyway). Again the fix is to make ExecSupportsBackwardScan check this restriction. Also adjust the index AM API specification to note that mark/restore support is unnecessary if the AM can't produce ordered output.
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | modified | +8 −1 |
| doc/src/sgml/indexam.sgml | modified | +12 −7 |
| src/backend/executor/execAmi.c | modified | +68 −5 |
| src/include/catalog/catversion.h | modified | +2 −2 |
| src/include/catalog/pg_am.h | modified | +29 −27 |