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diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepunion.c b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepunion.c
index 12d492f8038..ba1de1b8860 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepunion.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepunion.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepunion.c,v 1.116 2004/08/29 05:06:44 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepunion.c,v 1.117 2004/10/02 22:39:47 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -705,24 +705,23 @@ find_all_inheritors(Oid parentrel)
* whole inheritance set (parent and children).
* If not, return NIL.
*
- * When dup_parent is false, the initially given RT index is part of the
- * returned list (if any). When dup_parent is true, the given RT index
- * is *not* in the returned list; a duplicate RTE will be made for the
- * parent table.
+ * Note that the original RTE is considered to represent the whole
+ * inheritance set. The first member of the returned list is an RTE
+ * for the same table, but with inh = false, to represent the parent table
+ * in its role as a simple member of the set. The original RT index is
+ * never a member of the returned list.
*
* A childless table is never considered to be an inheritance set; therefore
* the result will never be a one-element list. It'll be either empty
* or have two or more elements.
*
- * NOTE: after this routine executes, the specified RTE will always have
- * its inh flag cleared, whether or not there were any children. This
- * ensures we won't expand the same RTE twice, which would otherwise occur
- * for the case of an inherited UPDATE/DELETE target relation.
- *
- * XXX probably should convert the result type to Relids?
+ * Note: there are cases in which this routine will be invoked multiple
+ * times on the same RTE. We will generate a separate set of child RTEs
+ * for each invocation. This is somewhat wasteful but seems not worth
+ * trying to avoid.
*/
List *
-expand_inherited_rtentry(Query *parse, Index rti, bool dup_parent)
+expand_inherited_rtentry(Query *parse, Index rti)
{
RangeTblEntry *rte = rt_fetch(rti, parse->rtable);
Oid parentOID;
@@ -734,12 +733,14 @@ expand_inherited_rtentry(Query *parse, Index rti, bool dup_parent)
if (!rte->inh)
return NIL;
Assert(rte->rtekind == RTE_RELATION);
- /* Always clear the parent's inh flag, see above comments */
- rte->inh = false;
/* Fast path for common case of childless table */
parentOID = rte->relid;
if (!has_subclass(parentOID))
+ {
+ /* Clear flag to save repeated tests if called again */
+ rte->inh = false;
return NIL;
+ }
/* Scan for all members of inheritance set */
inhOIDs = find_all_inheritors(parentOID);
@@ -749,37 +750,42 @@ expand_inherited_rtentry(Query *parse, Index rti, bool dup_parent)
* table once had a child but no longer does.
*/
if (list_length(inhOIDs) < 2)
+ {
+ /* Clear flag to save repeated tests if called again */
+ rte->inh = false;
return NIL;
- /* OK, it's an inheritance set; expand it */
- if (dup_parent)
- inhRTIs = NIL;
- else
- inhRTIs = list_make1_int(rti); /* include original RTE in result */
+ }
+ /* OK, it's an inheritance set; expand it */
+ inhRTIs = NIL;
foreach(l, inhOIDs)
{
Oid childOID = lfirst_oid(l);
RangeTblEntry *childrte;
Index childRTindex;
- /* parent will be in the list too; skip it if not dup requested */
- if (childOID == parentOID && !dup_parent)
- continue;
-
/*
* Build an RTE for the child, and attach to query's rangetable
* list. We copy most fields of the parent's RTE, but replace
- * relation real name and OID. Note that inh will be false at
- * this point.
+ * relation OID, and set inh = false.
*/
childrte = copyObject(rte);
childrte->relid = childOID;
+ childrte->inh = false;
parse->rtable = lappend(parse->rtable, childrte);
childRTindex = list_length(parse->rtable);
-
inhRTIs = lappend_int(inhRTIs, childRTindex);
}
+ /*
+ * The executor will check the parent table's access permissions when
+ * it examines the parent's inheritlist entry. There's no need to
+ * check twice, so turn off access check bits in the original RTE.
+ * (If we are invoked more than once, extra copies of the child RTEs
+ * will also not cause duplicate permission checks.)
+ */
+ rte->requiredPerms = 0;
+
return inhRTIs;
}