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Cc: work.michael.2956@gmail.com
Subject: BUG #18327: Column naming inconsistency for boolean literals in ELSE clauses of CASE expressions.
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 20:29:56 +0000
Message-ID: <18327-f25f77a50d104716@postgresql.org> (raw)
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 18327
Logged by: Michael Bondarenko
Email address: work.michael.2956@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 14.10
Operating system: MacOS Sonoma 14.1.1 (23B81)
Description:
I'm running my queries on the TPC-H schema, which can be found at:
https://github.com/dimitri/tpch-citus/blob/master/schema/tpch-schema.sql
I found the following inconsistency:
```
tpch=# select case when true then true else true end;
case
------
t
(1 row)
tpch=# select case when true then true else (select true) end;
bool
------
t
(1 row)
```
As you can see, the auto-generated aliases do not correspond. The expected
behaviour was for the first query to also name the column 'bool'.
I base my expectations on:
1) This query naming the result 'bool':
```
tpch=# select true;
bool
------
t
(1 row)
```
2) These queries propagating the column name from the else clause of the
case expression:
2.1) Propagation of the aggregate function name
```
tpch=# select case when true then true else bool_or(true) end;
bool_or
---------
t
(1 row)
```
2.2) Propagation of the [compound] column identifier:
```
tpch=# select case when true then 1 else t1.n_nationkey end from nation as
t1 limit 1;
n_nationkey
-------------
1
(1 row)
```
2.3) Propagation of the simple column identifier:
```
tpch=# select case when true then 1 else n_nationkey end from nation limit
1;
n_nationkey
-------------
1
(1 row)
```
2.4) And even nested case expressions:
```
tpch=# select case when true then 1 else (
case when true then 1 else t1.n_nationkey end
) end from nation as t1 limit 1;
n_nationkey
-------------
1
(1 row)
```
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