Re: BUG #19435: Error: "No relation entry for relid 2" Triggered by Complex Join with Self-Referencing Tables
Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
To: ammmkilo@163.com, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-03-17T12:14:44Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged on the website: > > Bug reference: 19435 > Logged by: Hang ammmkilo > Email address: ammmkilo@163.com > PostgreSQL version: 18.3 > Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04 > Description: > > A user encountered an error when attempting to execute a query involving > multiple RIGHT JOIN operations and a NATURAL JOIN on the same table > (pg_table_a). The error message returned was: > [XX000]ERROR: no relation entry for relid 2 > This error seems to be an internal one and should not be triggered by users. > It might be a bug. > ```sql > DROP TABLE IF EXISTS pg_table_a; > > CREATE TABLE pg_table_a ( > id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, > col_bool BOOLEAN > ); > > INSERT INTO pg_table_a (id, col_bool) > VALUES (5, TRUE); > > SELECT 1 AS c1 > FROM ( > pg_table_a AS tom0 > RIGHT JOIN ( > (pg_table_a AS tom1 NATURAL JOIN pg_table_a AS tom2) > RIGHT JOIN pg_table_a AS tom3 > ON tom1.col_bool IS NOT NULL > ) > ON tom1.col_bool > ); > ``` Thanks for the report! I was able to reproduce this issue on the master. git bisect that I ran pointed to commit fc069a3a631 as the likely cause. So I've CC'd its committer, Alexander, on this thread. Regards, -- Fujii Masao
Commits
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Further improve commentary about ChangeVarNodesWalkExpression()
- 6888658516a2 19 (unreleased) landed
- 8c73ab9da9f1 18.4 landed
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Improve commentary about ChangeVarNodesWalkExpression().
- a0e0b3cc685a 18.4 landed
- 360dd6f7b4c5 19 (unreleased) landed
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Fix self-join removal to update bare Var references in join clauses
- e8b9d6497469 18.4 landed
- 07b7a964d368 19 (unreleased) landed
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Implement Self-Join Elimination
- fc069a3a6319 18.0 cited