Re: Check lateral references within PHVs for memoize cache keys

Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com>

From: Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-12-30T03:00:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 5:16 PM Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually we do have checked PHVs for lateral references, earlier in
> create_lateral_join_info.  But that time we only marked lateral_relids
> and direct_lateral_relids, without remembering the lateral expressions.
> So I'm wondering whether we can fix that by fetching Vars (or PHVs) of
> lateral references within PlaceHolderVars and remembering them in the
> baserel's lateral_vars.
>
> Attach a draft patch to show my thoughts.
>

Update the patch to fix test failures.

Thanks
Richard

Commits

  1. Check lateral references within PHVs for memoize cache keys

  2. Doc: update old reference to "result cache"