From 5f473566b134ca0ff46165d2c7cdd9e0259ba56c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Guo Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:25:06 +0900 Subject: [PATCH v1] Fix computation of varnullingrels when translating appendrel Var When adjust_appendrel_attrs translates a Var referencing a parent relation into a Var referencing a child relation, it propagates varnullingrels from the parent Var to the translated Var. Previously, the code simply overwrote the translated Var's varnullingrels with those of the parent. This was incorrect because the translated Var might already possess nonempty varnullingrels. This happens, for example, when a LATERAL subquery within a UNION ALL references a Var from the nullable side of an outer join. In such cases, the translated Var correctly carries the outer join's relid in its varnullingrels. Overwriting these bits with the parent Var's set caused the planner to lose track of the fact that the Var could be nulled by that outer join. In the reported case, because the underlying column had a NOT NULL constraint, the planner incorrectly deduced that the Var could never be NULL and discarded essential IS NOT NULL filters. This led to incorrect query results where NULL rows were returned instead of being filtered out. To fix, use bms_add_members to merge the parent Var's varnullingrels into the translated Var's existing set, preserving both sources of nullability. --- src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c | 13 ++++++- src/test/regress/expected/join.out | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/test/regress/sql/join.sql | 24 ++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c index 689840d6564..2e7b1b202a3 100644 --- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c +++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c @@ -291,8 +291,17 @@ adjust_appendrel_attrs_mutator(Node *node, var->varattno, get_rel_name(appinfo->parent_reloid)); if (IsA(newnode, Var)) { - ((Var *) newnode)->varreturningtype = var->varreturningtype; - ((Var *) newnode)->varnullingrels = var->varnullingrels; + Var *newvar = (Var *) newnode; + + newvar->varreturningtype = var->varreturningtype; + + /* + * Propagate var->varnullingrels into the translated Var, + * merging them with any nullingrels already present in + * the translated Var rather than overwriting them. + */ + newvar->varnullingrels = bms_add_members(newvar->varnullingrels, + var->varnullingrels); } else { diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/join.out b/src/test/regress/expected/join.out index 63d3c5d3ac8..072a7347b81 100644 --- a/src/test/regress/expected/join.out +++ b/src/test/regress/expected/join.out @@ -4486,6 +4486,57 @@ where ss.x is null; Output: 'bar'::text (12 rows) +-- Test computation of varnullingrels when translating appendrel Var +begin; +create temp table t_append (a int not null, b int); +insert into t_append values (1, 1); +insert into t_append values (2, 3); +explain (verbose, costs off) +select t1.a, s.a from t_append t1 + left join t_append t2 on t1.a = t2.b + join lateral ( + select t1.a as a union all select t2.a as a + ) s on true +where s.a is not null; + QUERY PLAN +--------------------------------------------------- + Nested Loop + Output: t1.a, (t1.a) + -> Merge Left Join + Output: t1.a, t2.a + Merge Cond: (t1.a = t2.b) + -> Sort + Output: t1.a + Sort Key: t1.a + -> Seq Scan on pg_temp.t_append t1 + Output: t1.a + -> Sort + Output: t2.a, t2.b + Sort Key: t2.b + -> Seq Scan on pg_temp.t_append t2 + Output: t2.a, t2.b + -> Append + -> Result + Output: t1.a + -> Result + Output: t2.a + One-Time Filter: (t2.a IS NOT NULL) +(21 rows) + +select t1.a, s.a from t_append t1 + left join t_append t2 on t1.a = t2.b + join lateral ( + select t1.a as a union all select t2.a as a + ) s on true +where s.a is not null; + a | a +---+--- + 1 | 1 + 1 | 1 + 2 | 2 +(3 rows) + +rollback; -- -- test inlining of immutable functions -- diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/join.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/join.sql index 14cbec28766..4acd2512004 100644 --- a/src/test/regress/sql/join.sql +++ b/src/test/regress/sql/join.sql @@ -1508,6 +1508,30 @@ select * from int4_tbl left join ( ) ss(x) on true where ss.x is null; +-- Test computation of varnullingrels when translating appendrel Var +begin; + +create temp table t_append (a int not null, b int); +insert into t_append values (1, 1); +insert into t_append values (2, 3); + +explain (verbose, costs off) +select t1.a, s.a from t_append t1 + left join t_append t2 on t1.a = t2.b + join lateral ( + select t1.a as a union all select t2.a as a + ) s on true +where s.a is not null; + +select t1.a, s.a from t_append t1 + left join t_append t2 on t1.a = t2.b + join lateral ( + select t1.a as a union all select t2.a as a + ) s on true +where s.a is not null; + +rollback; + -- -- test inlining of immutable functions -- -- 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)