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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2021-06-02 11:52:35 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2021-06-02 11:52:35 -0400
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Update plannodes.h's comments about PlanRowMark.
The reference here to different physical column numbers in inherited UPDATE/DELETE plans is obsolete as of 86dc90056; remove it. Also rework the text about inheritance cases to make it clearer.
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-rw-r--r--src/include/nodes/plannodes.h9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h b/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
index 57f320a1759..aaa3b65d049 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
@@ -1086,9 +1086,9 @@ typedef enum RowMarkType
* When the planner discovers that a relation is the root of an inheritance
* tree, it sets isParent true, and adds an additional PlanRowMark to the
* list for each child relation (including the target rel itself in its role
- * as a child). isParent is also set to true for the partitioned child
- * relations, which are not scanned just like the root parent. The child
- * entries have rti == child rel's RT index and prti == parent's RT index,
+ * as a child, if it is not a partitioned table). Any non-leaf partitioned
+ * child relations will also have entries with isParent = true. The child
+ * entries have rti == child rel's RT index and prti == top parent's RT index,
* and can therefore be recognized as children by the fact that prti != rti.
* The parent's allMarkTypes field gets the OR of (1<<markType) across all
* its children (this definition allows children to use different markTypes).
@@ -1109,8 +1109,7 @@ typedef enum RowMarkType
* means we needn't renumber rowmarkIds when flattening subqueries, which
* would require finding and renaming the resjunk columns as well.)
* Note this means that all tables in an inheritance hierarchy share the
- * same resjunk column names. However, in an inherited UPDATE/DELETE the
- * columns could have different physical column numbers in each subplan.
+ * same resjunk column names.
*/
typedef struct PlanRowMark
{