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--
-- Test INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE RETURNING
--
-- Simple cases
CREATE TEMP TABLE foo (f1 serial, f2 text, f3 int default 42);
INSERT INTO foo (f2,f3)
VALUES ('test', DEFAULT), ('More', 11), (upper('more'), 7+9)
RETURNING *, f1+f3 AS sum;
f1 | f2 | f3 | sum
----+------+----+-----
1 | test | 42 | 43
2 | More | 11 | 13
3 | MORE | 16 | 19
(3 rows)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3
----+------+----
1 | test | 42
2 | More | 11
3 | MORE | 16
(3 rows)
UPDATE foo SET f2 = lower(f2), f3 = DEFAULT RETURNING foo.*, f1+f3 AS sum13;
f1 | f2 | f3 | sum13
----+------+----+-------
1 | test | 42 | 43
2 | more | 42 | 44
3 | more | 42 | 45
(3 rows)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3
----+------+----
1 | test | 42
2 | more | 42
3 | more | 42
(3 rows)
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 > 2 RETURNING f3, f2, f1, least(f1,f3);
f3 | f2 | f1 | least
----+------+----+-------
42 | more | 3 | 3
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3
----+------+----
1 | test | 42
2 | more | 42
(2 rows)
-- Subplans and initplans in the RETURNING list
INSERT INTO foo SELECT f1+10, f2, f3+99 FROM foo
RETURNING *, f1+112 IN (SELECT q1 FROM int8_tbl) AS subplan,
EXISTS(SELECT * FROM int4_tbl) AS initplan;
f1 | f2 | f3 | subplan | initplan
----+------+-----+---------+----------
11 | test | 141 | t | t
12 | more | 141 | f | t
(2 rows)
UPDATE foo SET f3 = f3 * 2
WHERE f1 > 10
RETURNING *, f1+112 IN (SELECT q1 FROM int8_tbl) AS subplan,
EXISTS(SELECT * FROM int4_tbl) AS initplan;
f1 | f2 | f3 | subplan | initplan
----+------+-----+---------+----------
11 | test | 282 | t | t
12 | more | 282 | f | t
(2 rows)
DELETE FROM foo
WHERE f1 > 10
RETURNING *, f1+112 IN (SELECT q1 FROM int8_tbl) AS subplan,
EXISTS(SELECT * FROM int4_tbl) AS initplan;
f1 | f2 | f3 | subplan | initplan
----+------+-----+---------+----------
11 | test | 282 | t | t
12 | more | 282 | f | t
(2 rows)
-- Joins
UPDATE foo SET f3 = f3*2
FROM int4_tbl i
WHERE foo.f1 + 123455 = i.f1
RETURNING foo.*, i.f1 as "i.f1";
f1 | f2 | f3 | i.f1
----+------+----+--------
1 | test | 84 | 123456
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3
----+------+----
2 | more | 42
1 | test | 84
(2 rows)
DELETE FROM foo
USING int4_tbl i
WHERE foo.f1 + 123455 = i.f1
RETURNING foo.*, i.f1 as "i.f1";
f1 | f2 | f3 | i.f1
----+------+----+--------
1 | test | 84 | 123456
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3
----+------+----
2 | more | 42
(1 row)
-- Check inheritance cases
CREATE TEMP TABLE foochild (fc int) INHERITS (foo);
INSERT INTO foochild VALUES(123,'child',999,-123);
ALTER TABLE foo ADD COLUMN f4 int8 DEFAULT 99;
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
-----+-------+-----+----
2 | more | 42 | 99
123 | child | 999 | 99
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foochild;
f1 | f2 | f3 | fc | f4
-----+-------+-----+------+----
123 | child | 999 | -123 | 99
(1 row)
UPDATE foo SET f4 = f4 + f3 WHERE f4 = 99 RETURNING *;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
-----+-------+-----+------
2 | more | 42 | 141
123 | child | 999 | 1098
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
-----+-------+-----+------
2 | more | 42 | 141
123 | child | 999 | 1098
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foochild;
f1 | f2 | f3 | fc | f4
-----+-------+-----+------+------
123 | child | 999 | -123 | 1098
(1 row)
UPDATE foo SET f3 = f3*2
FROM int8_tbl i
WHERE foo.f1 = i.q2
RETURNING *;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | q1 | q2
-----+-------+------+------+------------------+-----
123 | child | 1998 | 1098 | 4567890123456789 | 123
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
-----+-------+------+------
2 | more | 42 | 141
123 | child | 1998 | 1098
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foochild;
f1 | f2 | f3 | fc | f4
-----+-------+------+------+------
123 | child | 1998 | -123 | 1098
(1 row)
DELETE FROM foo
USING int8_tbl i
WHERE foo.f1 = i.q2
RETURNING *;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | q1 | q2
-----+-------+------+------+------------------+-----
123 | child | 1998 | 1098 | 4567890123456789 | 123
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foochild;
f1 | f2 | f3 | fc | f4
----+----+----+----+----
(0 rows)
DROP TABLE foochild;
-- Rules and views
CREATE TEMP VIEW voo AS SELECT f1, f2 FROM foo;
CREATE RULE voo_i AS ON INSERT TO voo DO INSTEAD
INSERT INTO foo VALUES(new.*, 57);
INSERT INTO voo VALUES(11,'zit');
-- fails:
INSERT INTO voo VALUES(12,'zoo') RETURNING *, f1*2;
ERROR: cannot perform INSERT RETURNING on relation "voo"
HINT: You need an unconditional ON INSERT DO INSTEAD rule with a RETURNING clause.
-- fails, incompatible list:
CREATE OR REPLACE RULE voo_i AS ON INSERT TO voo DO INSTEAD
INSERT INTO foo VALUES(new.*, 57) RETURNING *;
ERROR: RETURNING list has too many entries
CREATE OR REPLACE RULE voo_i AS ON INSERT TO voo DO INSTEAD
INSERT INTO foo VALUES(new.*, 57) RETURNING f1, f2;
-- should still work
INSERT INTO voo VALUES(13,'zit2');
-- works now
INSERT INTO voo VALUES(14,'zoo2') RETURNING *;
f1 | f2
----+------
14 | zoo2
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
11 | zit | 57 | 99
13 | zit2 | 57 | 99
14 | zoo2 | 57 | 99
(4 rows)
SELECT * FROM voo;
f1 | f2
----+------
2 | more
11 | zit
13 | zit2
14 | zoo2
(4 rows)
CREATE OR REPLACE RULE voo_u AS ON UPDATE TO voo DO INSTEAD
UPDATE foo SET f1 = new.f1, f2 = new.f2 WHERE f1 = old.f1
RETURNING f1, f2;
update voo set f1 = f1 + 1 where f2 = 'zoo2';
update voo set f1 = f1 + 1 where f2 = 'zoo2' RETURNING *, f1*2;
f1 | f2 | ?column?
----+------+----------
16 | zoo2 | 32
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
11 | zit | 57 | 99
13 | zit2 | 57 | 99
16 | zoo2 | 57 | 99
(4 rows)
SELECT * FROM voo;
f1 | f2
----+------
2 | more
11 | zit
13 | zit2
16 | zoo2
(4 rows)
CREATE OR REPLACE RULE voo_d AS ON DELETE TO voo DO INSTEAD
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = old.f1
RETURNING f1, f2;
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = 13;
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f2 = 'zit' RETURNING *;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+-----+----+----
11 | zit | 57 | 99
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
16 | zoo2 | 57 | 99
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM voo;
f1 | f2
----+------
2 | more
16 | zoo2
(2 rows)
-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an un-flattenable view
CREATE TEMP VIEW foo_v AS SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0;
UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_v.f2 FROM foo_v WHERE foo_v.f1 = foo.f1
RETURNING foo_v;
foo_v
-----------------
(2,more,42,141)
(16,zoo2,57,99)
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
16 | zoo2 | 57 | 99
(2 rows)
-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an inlined set-returning function
CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo AS
$$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
RETURNING foo_f;
foo_f
-----------------
(2,more,42,141)
(16,zoo2,57,99)
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
16 | zoo2 | 57 | 99
(2 rows)
DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
-- As above, but SRF is defined to return a composite type
CREATE TYPE foo_t AS (f1 int, f2 text, f3 int, f4 int8);
CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo_t AS
$$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
RETURNING foo_f;
foo_f
-----------------
(2,more,42,141)
(16,zoo2,57,99)
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
16 | zoo2 | 57 | 99
(2 rows)
DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
DROP TYPE foo_t;
-- Try a join case
CREATE TEMP TABLE joinme (f2j text, other int);
INSERT INTO joinme VALUES('more', 12345);
INSERT INTO joinme VALUES('zoo2', 54321);
INSERT INTO joinme VALUES('other', 0);
CREATE TEMP VIEW joinview AS
SELECT foo.*, other FROM foo JOIN joinme ON (f2 = f2j);
SELECT * FROM joinview;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other
----+------+----+-----+-------
2 | more | 42 | 141 | 12345
16 | zoo2 | 57 | 99 | 54321
(2 rows)
CREATE RULE joinview_u AS ON UPDATE TO joinview DO INSTEAD
UPDATE foo SET f1 = new.f1, f3 = new.f3
FROM joinme WHERE f2 = f2j AND f2 = old.f2
RETURNING foo.*, other;
UPDATE joinview SET f1 = f1 + 1 WHERE f3 = 57 RETURNING *, other + 1;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other | ?column?
----+------+----+----+-------+----------
17 | zoo2 | 57 | 99 | 54321 | 54322
(1 row)
SELECT * FROM joinview;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other
----+------+----+-----+-------
2 | more | 42 | 141 | 12345
17 | zoo2 | 57 | 99 | 54321
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM foo;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------+----+-----
2 | more | 42 | 141
17 | zoo2 | 57 | 99
(2 rows)
SELECT * FROM voo;
f1 | f2
----+------
2 | more
17 | zoo2
(2 rows)
-- Check aliased target relation
INSERT INTO foo AS bar DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING *; -- ok
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+----+----+----
4 | | 42 | 99
(1 row)
INSERT INTO foo AS bar DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING foo.*; -- fails, wrong name
ERROR: invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table "foo"
LINE 1: INSERT INTO foo AS bar DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING foo.*;
^
HINT: Perhaps you meant to reference the table alias "bar".
INSERT INTO foo AS bar DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING bar.*; -- ok
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+----+----+----
5 | | 42 | 99
(1 row)
INSERT INTO foo AS bar DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING bar.f3; -- ok
f3
----
42
(1 row)
--
-- Test RETURNING OLD/NEW.
--
-- Start with new data, to ensure predictable TIDs.
--
TRUNCATE foo;
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1, 'xxx', 10, 20), (2, 'more', 42, 141), (3, 'zoo2', 57, 99);
-- Error cases
INSERT INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (nonsuch AS something) *;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "nonsuch"
LINE 1: INSERT INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (nonsuch AS so...
^
INSERT INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (new AS foo) *;
ERROR: table name "foo" specified more than once
LINE 1: INSERT INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (new AS foo) *...
^
INSERT INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (old AS o, new AS n, old AS o) *;
ERROR: OLD cannot be specified multiple times
LINE 1: ...EFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (old AS o, new AS n, old AS o) ...
^
INSERT INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (old AS o, new AS n, new AS n) *;
ERROR: NEW cannot be specified multiple times
LINE 1: ...EFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (old AS o, new AS n, new AS n) ...
^
INSERT INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (old AS x, new AS x) *;
ERROR: table name "x" specified more than once
LINE 1: ...INTO foo DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING WITH (old AS x, new AS x) ...
^
-- INSERT has NEW, but not OLD
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (4)
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Insert on pg_temp.foo
Output: (old.tableoid)::regclass, old.ctid, old.f1, old.f2, old.f3, old.f4, (new.tableoid)::regclass, new.ctid, new.f1, new.f2, new.f3, new.f4, foo.f1, foo.f2, foo.f3, foo.f4
-> Result
Output: 4, NULL::text, 42, '99'::bigint
(4 rows)
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (4)
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----------+------+----+----+----+----+----------+-------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----
| | | | | | foo | (0,4) | 4 | | 42 | 99 | 4 | | 42 | 99
(1 row)
-- INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ... UPDATE has OLD and NEW
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX foo_f1_idx ON foo (f1);
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (4, 'conflict'), (5, 'ok')
ON CONFLICT (f1) DO UPDATE SET f2 = excluded.f2||'ed', f3 = -1
RETURNING WITH (OLD AS o, NEW AS n)
o.tableoid::regclass, o.ctid, o.*,
n.tableoid::regclass, n.ctid, n.*, *;
QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Insert on pg_temp.foo
Output: (o.tableoid)::regclass, o.ctid, o.f1, o.f2, o.f3, o.f4, (n.tableoid)::regclass, n.ctid, n.f1, n.f2, n.f3, n.f4, foo.f1, foo.f2, foo.f3, foo.f4
Conflict Resolution: UPDATE
Conflict Arbiter Indexes: foo_f1_idx
-> Values Scan on "*VALUES*"
Output: "*VALUES*".column1, "*VALUES*".column2, 42, '99'::bigint
(6 rows)
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (4, 'conflict'), (5, 'ok')
ON CONFLICT (f1) DO UPDATE SET f2 = excluded.f2||'ed', f3 = -1
RETURNING WITH (OLD AS o, NEW AS n)
o.tableoid::regclass, o.ctid, o.*,
n.tableoid::regclass, n.ctid, n.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----------+-------+----+----+----+----+----------+-------+----+------------+----+----+----+------------+----+----
foo | (0,4) | 4 | | 42 | 99 | foo | (0,5) | 4 | conflicted | -1 | 99 | 4 | conflicted | -1 | 99
| | | | | | foo | (0,6) | 5 | ok | 42 | 99 | 5 | ok | 42 | 99
(2 rows)
-- UPDATE has OLD and NEW
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
UPDATE foo SET f4 = 100 WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*, old,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, new,
old.f4::text||'->'||new.f4::text AS change;
QUERY PLAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update on pg_temp.foo
Output: (old.tableoid)::regclass, old.ctid, old.f1, old.f2, old.f3, old.f4, old.*, (new.tableoid)::regclass, new.ctid, new.f1, new.f2, new.f3, new.f4, new.*, (((old.f4)::text || '->'::text) || (new.f4)::text)
Update on pg_temp.foo foo_1
-> Result
Output: '100'::bigint, foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_1
Output: foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
Filter: (foo_1.f1 = 5)
(8 rows)
UPDATE foo SET f4 = 100 WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*, old,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, new,
old.f4::text||'->'||new.f4::text AS change;
tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | old | tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | new | change
----------+-------+----+----+----+----+--------------+----------+-------+----+----+----+-----+---------------+---------
foo | (0,6) | 5 | ok | 42 | 99 | (5,ok,42,99) | foo | (0,7) | 5 | ok | 42 | 100 | (5,ok,42,100) | 99->100
(1 row)
-- DELETE has OLD, but not NEW
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
QUERY PLAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Delete on pg_temp.foo
Output: (old.tableoid)::regclass, old.ctid, old.f1, old.f2, old.f3, old.f4, (new.tableoid)::regclass, new.ctid, new.f1, new.f2, new.f3, new.f4, foo_1.f1, foo_1.f2, foo_1.f3, foo_1.f4
Delete on pg_temp.foo foo_1
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_1
Output: foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
Filter: (foo_1.f1 = 5)
(6 rows)
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | tableoid | ctid | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----
foo | (0,7) | 5 | ok | 42 | 100 | | | | | | | 5 | ok | 42 | 100
(1 row)
-- RETURNING OLD and NEW from subquery
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (5, 'subquery test')
RETURNING (SELECT max(old.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) old_max,
(SELECT max(new.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) new_max;
QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------
Insert on pg_temp.foo
Output: (SubPlan 1), (SubPlan 2)
-> Result
Output: 5, 'subquery test'::text, 42, '99'::bigint
SubPlan 1
-> Aggregate
Output: max((old.f4 + x.x))
-> Function Scan on pg_catalog.generate_series x
Output: x.x
Function Call: generate_series(1, 10)
SubPlan 2
-> Aggregate
Output: max((new.f4 + x_1.x))
-> Function Scan on pg_catalog.generate_series x_1
Output: x_1.x
Function Call: generate_series(1, 10)
(16 rows)
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (5, 'subquery test')
RETURNING (SELECT max(old.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) old_max,
(SELECT max(new.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) new_max;
old_max | new_max
---------+---------
| 109
(1 row)
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
UPDATE foo SET f4 = 100 WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING (SELECT old.f4 = new.f4),
(SELECT max(old.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) old_max,
(SELECT max(new.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) new_max;
QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------
Update on pg_temp.foo
Output: (SubPlan 1), (SubPlan 2), (SubPlan 3)
Update on pg_temp.foo foo_1
-> Result
Output: '100'::bigint, foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_1
Output: foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
Filter: (foo_1.f1 = 5)
SubPlan 1
-> Result
Output: (old.f4 = new.f4)
SubPlan 2
-> Aggregate
Output: max((old.f4 + x.x))
-> Function Scan on pg_catalog.generate_series x
Output: x.x
Function Call: generate_series(1, 10)
SubPlan 3
-> Aggregate
Output: max((new.f4 + x_1.x))
-> Function Scan on pg_catalog.generate_series x_1
Output: x_1.x
Function Call: generate_series(1, 10)
(23 rows)
UPDATE foo SET f4 = 100 WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING (SELECT old.f4 = new.f4),
(SELECT max(old.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) old_max,
(SELECT max(new.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) new_max;
?column? | old_max | new_max
----------+---------+---------
f | 109 | 110
(1 row)
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING (SELECT max(old.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) old_max,
(SELECT max(new.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) new_max;
QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------
Delete on pg_temp.foo
Output: (SubPlan 1), (SubPlan 2)
Delete on pg_temp.foo foo_1
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_1
Output: foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
Filter: (foo_1.f1 = 5)
SubPlan 1
-> Aggregate
Output: max((old.f4 + x.x))
-> Function Scan on pg_catalog.generate_series x
Output: x.x
Function Call: generate_series(1, 10)
SubPlan 2
-> Aggregate
Output: max((new.f4 + x_1.x))
-> Function Scan on pg_catalog.generate_series x_1
Output: x_1.x
Function Call: generate_series(1, 10)
(18 rows)
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = 5
RETURNING (SELECT max(old.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) old_max,
(SELECT max(new.f4 + x) FROM generate_series(1, 10) x) new_max;
old_max | new_max
---------+---------
110 |
(1 row)
-- DELETE turned into UPDATE by a rule has OLD and NEW
CREATE RULE foo_del_rule AS ON DELETE TO foo DO INSTEAD
UPDATE foo SET f2 = f2||' (deleted)', f3 = -1, f4 = -1 WHERE f1 = OLD.f1
RETURNING *;
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = 4 RETURNING old.*,new.*, *;
QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update on pg_temp.foo
Output: old.f1, old.f2, old.f3, old.f4, new.f1, new.f2, new.f3, new.f4, foo_2.f1, foo_2.f2, foo_2.f3, foo_2.f4
Update on pg_temp.foo foo_2
-> Nested Loop
Output: (foo_2.f2 || ' (deleted)'::text), '-1'::integer, '-1'::bigint, foo_1.ctid, foo_1.tableoid, foo_2.tableoid, foo_2.ctid
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_2
Output: foo_2.f2, foo_2.f1, foo_2.tableoid, foo_2.ctid
Filter: (foo_2.f1 = 4)
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_1
Output: foo_1.ctid, foo_1.f1, foo_1.tableoid
Filter: (foo_1.f1 = 4)
(11 rows)
DELETE FROM foo WHERE f1 = 4 RETURNING old.*,new.*, *;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4
----+------------+----+----+----+----------------------+----+----+----+----------------------+----+----
4 | conflicted | -1 | 99 | 4 | conflicted (deleted) | -1 | -1 | 4 | conflicted (deleted) | -1 | -1
(1 row)
-- UPDATE on view with rule
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
UPDATE joinview SET f3 = f3 + 1 WHERE f3 = 57
RETURNING old.*, new.*, *, new.f3 - old.f3 AS delta_f3;
QUERY PLAN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update on pg_temp.foo
Output: old.f1, old.f2, old.f3, old.f4, joinme.other, new.f1, new.f2, new.f3, new.f4, joinme.other, foo_1.f1, foo_1.f2, foo_1.f3, foo_1.f4, joinme.other, (new.f3 - old.f3)
Update on pg_temp.foo foo_1
-> Hash Join
Output: foo_2.f1, (foo_2.f3 + 1), joinme.ctid, foo_2.ctid, joinme_1.ctid, joinme.other, foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid, foo_2.tableoid
Hash Cond: (foo_1.f2 = joinme.f2j)
-> Hash Join
Output: foo_1.f2, foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid, joinme_1.ctid, joinme_1.f2j
Hash Cond: (joinme_1.f2j = foo_1.f2)
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.joinme joinme_1
Output: joinme_1.ctid, joinme_1.f2j
-> Hash
Output: foo_1.f2, foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_1
Output: foo_1.f2, foo_1.tableoid, foo_1.ctid
-> Hash
Output: joinme.ctid, joinme.other, joinme.f2j, foo_2.f1, foo_2.f3, foo_2.ctid, foo_2.f2, foo_2.tableoid
-> Hash Join
Output: joinme.ctid, joinme.other, joinme.f2j, foo_2.f1, foo_2.f3, foo_2.ctid, foo_2.f2, foo_2.tableoid
Hash Cond: (joinme.f2j = foo_2.f2)
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.joinme
Output: joinme.ctid, joinme.other, joinme.f2j
-> Hash
Output: foo_2.f1, foo_2.f3, foo_2.ctid, foo_2.f2, foo_2.tableoid
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo foo_2
Output: foo_2.f1, foo_2.f3, foo_2.ctid, foo_2.f2, foo_2.tableoid
Filter: (foo_2.f3 = 57)
(27 rows)
UPDATE joinview SET f3 = f3 + 1 WHERE f3 = 57
RETURNING old.*, new.*, *, new.f3 - old.f3 AS delta_f3;
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other | delta_f3
----+------+----+----+-------+----+------+----+----+-------+----+------+----+----+-------+----------
3 | zoo2 | 57 | 99 | 54321 | 3 | zoo2 | 58 | 99 | 54321 | 3 | zoo2 | 58 | 99 | 54321 | 1
(1 row)
-- UPDATE on view with INSTEAD OF trigger
CREATE FUNCTION joinview_upd_trig_fn() RETURNS trigger
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS
$$
BEGIN
RAISE NOTICE 'UPDATE: % -> %', old, new;
UPDATE foo SET f1 = new.f1, f3 = new.f3, f4 = new.f4 * 10
FROM joinme WHERE f2 = f2j AND f2 = old.f2
RETURNING new.f1, new.f4 INTO new.f1, new.f4; -- should fail
RETURN NEW;
END;
$$;
CREATE TRIGGER joinview_upd_trig INSTEAD OF UPDATE ON joinview
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION joinview_upd_trig_fn();
DROP RULE joinview_u ON joinview;
UPDATE joinview SET f3 = f3 + 1, f4 = 7 WHERE f3 = 58
RETURNING old.*, new.*, *, new.f3 - old.f3 AS delta_f3; -- should fail
NOTICE: UPDATE: (3,zoo2,58,99,54321) -> (3,zoo2,59,7,54321)
ERROR: column reference "new.f1" is ambiguous
LINE 3: RETURNING new.f1, new.f4
^
DETAIL: It could refer to either a PL/pgSQL variable or a table column.
QUERY: UPDATE foo SET f1 = new.f1, f3 = new.f3, f4 = new.f4 * 10
FROM joinme WHERE f2 = f2j AND f2 = old.f2
RETURNING new.f1, new.f4
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function joinview_upd_trig_fn() line 4 at SQL statement
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION joinview_upd_trig_fn() RETURNS trigger
LANGUAGE plpgsql AS
$$
BEGIN
RAISE NOTICE 'UPDATE: % -> %', old, new;
UPDATE foo SET f1 = new.f1, f3 = new.f3, f4 = new.f4 * 10
FROM joinme WHERE f2 = f2j AND f2 = old.f2
RETURNING WITH (new AS n) new.f1, n.f4 INTO new.f1, new.f4; -- now ok
RETURN NEW;
END;
$$;
EXPLAIN (verbose, costs off)
UPDATE joinview SET f3 = f3 + 1, f4 = 7 WHERE f3 = 58
RETURNING old.*, new.*, *, new.f3 - old.f3 AS delta_f3;
QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update on pg_temp.joinview
Output: old.f1, old.f2, old.f3, old.f4, old.other, new.f1, new.f2, new.f3, new.f4, new.other, joinview.f1, joinview.f2, joinview.f3, joinview.f4, joinview.other, (new.f3 - old.f3)
-> Hash Join
Output: (foo.f3 + 1), '7'::bigint, ROW(foo.f1, foo.f2, foo.f3, foo.f4, joinme.other), foo.ctid, joinme.ctid, foo.tableoid
Hash Cond: (joinme.f2j = foo.f2)
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.joinme
Output: joinme.other, joinme.ctid, joinme.f2j
-> Hash
Output: foo.f3, foo.f1, foo.f2, foo.f4, foo.ctid, foo.tableoid
-> Seq Scan on pg_temp.foo
Output: foo.f3, foo.f1, foo.f2, foo.f4, foo.ctid, foo.tableoid
Filter: (foo.f3 = 58)
(12 rows)
UPDATE joinview SET f3 = f3 + 1, f4 = 7 WHERE f3 = 58
RETURNING old.*, new.*, *, new.f3 - old.f3 AS delta_f3; -- should succeed
NOTICE: UPDATE: (3,zoo2,58,99,54321) -> (3,zoo2,59,7,54321)
f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other | f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | other | delta_f3
----+------+----+----+-------+----+------+----+----+-------+----+------+----+----+-------+----------
3 | zoo2 | 58 | 99 | 54321 | 3 | zoo2 | 59 | 70 | 54321 | 3 | zoo2 | 59 | 70 | 54321 | 1
(1 row)
-- Test wholerow & dropped column handling
ALTER TABLE foo DROP COLUMN f3 CASCADE;
NOTICE: drop cascades to 4 other objects
DETAIL: drop cascades to rule voo_i on view voo
drop cascades to view foo_v
drop cascades to view joinview
drop cascades to rule foo_del_rule on table foo
UPDATE foo SET f4 = f4 + 1 RETURNING old.f3; -- should fail
ERROR: column old.f3 does not exist
LINE 1: UPDATE foo SET f4 = f4 + 1 RETURNING old.f3;
^
UPDATE foo SET f4 = f4 + 1 RETURNING old, new;
old | new
-------------------------------+------------------------------
(1,xxx,20) | (1,xxx,21)
(2,more,141) | (2,more,142)
(4,"conflicted (deleted)",-1) | (4,"conflicted (deleted)",0)
(3,zoo2,70) | (3,zoo2,71)
(4 rows)
-- INSERT/DELETE on zero column table
CREATE TABLE zerocol();
INSERT INTO zerocol SELECT RETURNING old.*, new.*, *;
ERROR: RETURNING must have at least one column
LINE 1: INSERT INTO zerocol SELECT RETURNING old.*, new.*, *;
^
INSERT INTO zerocol SELECT
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, ctid, *;
tableoid | ctid | tableoid | ctid | ctid
----------+------+----------+-------+-------
| | zerocol | (0,1) | (0,1)
(1 row)
DELETE FROM zerocol
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, ctid, *;
tableoid | ctid | tableoid | ctid | ctid
----------+-------+----------+------+-------
zerocol | (0,1) | | | (0,1)
(1 row)
DROP TABLE zerocol;
-- Test schema-qualified table name in RETURNING list
CREATE TABLE public.tt(a int, b int);
INSERT INTO public.tt VALUES (1, 10);
UPDATE public.tt SET b = b * 2 RETURNING a, b, old.b, new.b, tt.b, public.tt.b;
a | b | b | b | b | b
---+----+----+----+----+----
1 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 20
(1 row)
DROP TABLE public.tt;
-- Test cross-partition updates and attribute mapping
CREATE TABLE foo_parted (a int, b float8, c text) PARTITION BY LIST (a);
CREATE TABLE foo_part_s1 PARTITION OF foo_parted FOR VALUES IN (1);
CREATE TABLE foo_part_s2 PARTITION OF foo_parted FOR VALUES IN (2);
CREATE TABLE foo_part_d1 (c text, a int, b float8);
ALTER TABLE foo_parted ATTACH PARTITION foo_part_d1 FOR VALUES IN (3);
CREATE TABLE foo_part_d2 (b float8, c text, a int);
ALTER TABLE foo_parted ATTACH PARTITION foo_part_d2 FOR VALUES IN (4);
INSERT INTO foo_parted
VALUES (1, 17.1, 'P1'), (2, 17.2, 'P2'), (3, 17.3, 'P3'), (4, 17.4, 'P4')
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | a | b | c
----------+------+---+---+---+-------------+-------+---+------+----+---+------+----
| | | | | foo_part_s1 | (0,1) | 1 | 17.1 | P1 | 1 | 17.1 | P1
| | | | | foo_part_s2 | (0,1) | 2 | 17.2 | P2 | 2 | 17.2 | P2
| | | | | foo_part_d1 | (0,1) | 3 | 17.3 | P3 | 3 | 17.3 | P3
| | | | | foo_part_d2 | (0,1) | 4 | 17.4 | P4 | 4 | 17.4 | P4
(4 rows)
UPDATE foo_parted SET a = 2, b = b + 1, c = c || '->P2' WHERE a = 1
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | a | b | c
-------------+-------+---+------+----+-------------+-------+---+------+--------+---+------+--------
foo_part_s1 | (0,1) | 1 | 17.1 | P1 | foo_part_s2 | (0,2) | 2 | 18.1 | P1->P2 | 2 | 18.1 | P1->P2
(1 row)
UPDATE foo_parted SET a = 1, b = b + 1, c = c || '->P1' WHERE a = 3
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | a | b | c
-------------+-------+---+------+----+-------------+-------+---+------+--------+---+------+--------
foo_part_d1 | (0,1) | 3 | 17.3 | P3 | foo_part_s1 | (0,2) | 1 | 18.3 | P3->P1 | 1 | 18.3 | P3->P1
(1 row)
UPDATE foo_parted SET a = 3, b = b + 1, c = c || '->P3' WHERE a = 1
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | a | b | c
-------------+-------+---+------+--------+-------------+-------+---+------+------------+---+------+------------
foo_part_s1 | (0,2) | 1 | 18.3 | P3->P1 | foo_part_d1 | (0,2) | 3 | 19.3 | P3->P1->P3 | 3 | 19.3 | P3->P1->P3
(1 row)
UPDATE foo_parted SET a = 4, b = b + 1, c = c || '->P4' WHERE a = 3
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | a | b | c
-------------+-------+---+------+------------+-------------+-------+---+------+----------------+---+------+----------------
foo_part_d1 | (0,2) | 3 | 19.3 | P3->P1->P3 | foo_part_d2 | (0,2) | 4 | 20.3 | P3->P1->P3->P4 | 4 | 20.3 | P3->P1->P3->P4
(1 row)
-- cross-partition update that uses ReturningExpr nodes, without returning
-- old/new table values
CREATE VIEW foo_parted_v AS SELECT *, 'xxx' AS dummy FROM foo_parted;
UPDATE foo_parted_v SET a = 1, c = c || '->P1' WHERE a = 2 AND c = 'P2'
RETURNING 'P2:'||old.dummy, 'P1:'||new.dummy;
?column? | ?column?
----------+----------
P2:xxx | P1:xxx
(1 row)
DELETE FROM foo_parted
RETURNING old.tableoid::regclass, old.ctid, old.*,
new.tableoid::regclass, new.ctid, new.*, *;
tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | tableoid | ctid | a | b | c | a | b | c
-------------+-------+---+------+----------------+----------+------+---+---+---+---+------+----------------
foo_part_s1 | (0,3) | 1 | 17.2 | P2->P1 | | | | | | 1 | 17.2 | P2->P1
foo_part_s2 | (0,2) | 2 | 18.1 | P1->P2 | | | | | | 2 | 18.1 | P1->P2
foo_part_d2 | (0,1) | 4 | 17.4 | P4 | | | | | | 4 | 17.4 | P4
foo_part_d2 | (0,2) | 4 | 20.3 | P3->P1->P3->P4 | | | | | | 4 | 20.3 | P3->P1->P3->P4
(4 rows)
DROP TABLE foo_parted CASCADE;
NOTICE: drop cascades to view foo_parted_v
-- Test deparsing
CREATE FUNCTION foo_update()
RETURNS void
LANGUAGE sql
BEGIN ATOMIC
WITH u1 AS (
UPDATE foo SET f1 = f1 + 1 RETURNING old.*, new.*
), u2 AS (
UPDATE foo SET f1 = f1 + 1 RETURNING WITH (OLD AS "old foo") "old foo".*, new.*
), u3 AS (
UPDATE foo SET f1 = f1 + 1 RETURNING WITH (NEW AS "new foo") old.*, "new foo".*
)
UPDATE foo SET f1 = f1 + 1
RETURNING WITH (OLD AS o, NEW AS n)
o.*, n.*, o, n, o.f1 = n.f1, o = n,
(SELECT o.f2 = n.f2),
(SELECT count(*) FROM foo WHERE foo.f1 = o.f4),
(SELECT count(*) FROM foo WHERE foo.f4 = n.f4),
(SELECT count(*) FROM foo WHERE foo = o),
(SELECT count(*) FROM foo WHERE foo = n);
END;
\sf foo_update
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.foo_update()
RETURNS void
LANGUAGE sql
BEGIN ATOMIC
WITH u1 AS (
UPDATE foo foo_1 SET f1 = (foo_1.f1 + 1)
RETURNING old.f1,
old.f2,
old.f4,
new.f1,
new.f2,
new.f4
), u2 AS (
UPDATE foo foo_1 SET f1 = (foo_1.f1 + 1)
RETURNING WITH (OLD AS "old foo") "old foo".f1,
"old foo".f2,
"old foo".f4,
new.f1,
new.f2,
new.f4
), u3 AS (
UPDATE foo foo_1 SET f1 = (foo_1.f1 + 1)
RETURNING WITH (NEW AS "new foo") old.f1,
old.f2,
old.f4,
"new foo".f1,
"new foo".f2,
"new foo".f4
)
UPDATE foo SET f1 = (foo.f1 + 1)
RETURNING WITH (OLD AS o, NEW AS n) o.f1,
o.f2,
o.f4,
n.f1,
n.f2,
n.f4,
o.*::foo AS o,
n.*::foo AS n,
(o.f1 = n.f1),
(o.* = n.*),
( SELECT (o.f2 = n.f2)),
( SELECT count(*) AS count
FROM foo foo_1
WHERE (foo_1.f1 = o.f4)) AS count,
( SELECT count(*) AS count
FROM foo foo_1
WHERE (foo_1.f4 = n.f4)) AS count,
( SELECT count(*) AS count
FROM foo foo_1
WHERE (foo_1.* = o.*)) AS count,
( SELECT count(*) AS count
FROM foo foo_1
WHERE (foo_1.* = n.*)) AS count;
END
DROP FUNCTION foo_update;
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