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Re: Add RESPECT/IGNORE NULLS and FROM FIRST/LAST options

Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org> — 2025-10-22T03:14:11Z

>>>> 2. AFAICS there is only one notnull_info array, which amounts to
>>>> assuming that the window function will have only one argument position
>>>> that it calls WinGetFuncArgInFrame or WinGetFuncArgInPartition for.
>>>> That may be true for the built-in functions but it seems mighty
>>>> restrictive for extensions.  Worse yet, there's no check, so that
>>>> you'd just get silently wrong answers if two or more arguments are
>>>> evaluated.  I think there ought to be a separate array for each argno;
>>>> of course only created if the window function actually asks for
>>>> evaluations of a particular argno.
>>> 
>>> I missed that. Thank you for pointed it out. I agree it would be
>>> better allow to use multiple argument positions that calls
>>> WinGetFuncArgInFrame or WinGetFuncArgInPartition in
>>> extensions. Attached is a PoC patch for that.
>>> 
>>> Currently there's an issue with the patch, however.
>>> 
>>> SELECT x, y, mywindowfunc2(x, y, 2) IGNORE NULLS OVER w FROM g
>>> WINDOW w AS (ORDER BY y);
>>> psql:test2.sql:9: ERROR:  cannot fetch row before WindowObject's mark position
>>> 
>>> mywindowfunc2 is a user defined window function, taking 3 arguments. x
>>> and y are expected to be evaluated to integer. The third argument is
>>> relative offset to current row. In the query above x and y are
>>> retrieved using two WinGetFuncArgInPartition() calls. The data set
>>> (table "g") looks like below.
>>> 
>>>  x  | y 
>>> ----+---
>>>     | 1
>>>     | 2
>>>  10 | 3
>>>  20 | 4
>>> (4 rows)
>>> 
>>> I think the cause of the error is:
>>> 
>>> (1) WinGetFuncArgInPartition keep on fetching column x until it's
>>> evalued to not null and placed in the second row (in this case that's
>>> x==20). In WinGetFuncArgInPartition WinSetMarkPosition is called at
>>> abs_pos==3.
>>> 
>>> (2) WinGetFuncArgInPartition tries to fetch column y at row 0. Since
>>> the mark was set to at row 3, the error occurred.
>>> 
>>> To avoid the error, we could call WinGetFuncArgInPartition with
>>> set_mark = false (and call WinSetMarkPosition separately) but I am not
>>> sure if it's an acceptable solution.
>> 
>> Attached is a v2 patch to fix the "cannot fetch row before
>> WindowObject's mark position" error, by tweaking the logic to
>> calculate the set mark position in WinGetFuncArgInPartition.
> 
> Attached is a v3 patch which is ready for commit IMO.  Major
> difference from v2 patch is, now the patch satisfies the request
> below.
> 
>>>> of course only created if the window function actually asks for
>>>> evaluations of a particular argno.
> 
> The NOT NULL information array is allocated only when the window
> function actually asks for evaluations of a particular argno using
> WinGetFuncArgInFrame or WinGetFuncArgInPartition.
> 
> If there's no objection, I am going to commit in a few days.

Patch pushed. Thanks.

Best regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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