"=?iso-8859-2?B?U1rbQ1MgR+Fib3I=?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > SELECT count(*)<0 OR TRUE FROM mytable WHERE condition > dumps the whole tuples meeting the condition.
Sigh, I'm an idiot. I introduced this bug more than a year ago. (Bit surprising that it wasn't caught already...) Patch against 7.4.* is attached. regards, tom lane Index: planner.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c,v retrieving revision 1.161 diff -c -r1.161 planner.c *** planner.c 25 Sep 2003 06:58:00 -0000 1.161 --- planner.c 13 Feb 2004 22:22:26 -0000 *************** *** 701,719 **** /* * Will need actual number of aggregates for estimating costs. - * Also, it's possible that optimization has eliminated all - * aggregates, and we may as well check for that here. * * Note: we do not attempt to detect duplicate aggregates here; a * somewhat-overestimated count is okay for our present purposes. */ if (parse->hasAggs) - { numAggs = count_agg_clause((Node *) tlist) + count_agg_clause(parse->havingQual); - if (numAggs == 0) - parse->hasAggs = false; - } /* * Figure out whether we need a sorted result from query_planner. --- 701,718 ---- /* * Will need actual number of aggregates for estimating costs. * * Note: we do not attempt to detect duplicate aggregates here; a * somewhat-overestimated count is okay for our present purposes. + * + * Note: think not that we can turn off hasAggs if we find no aggs. + * It is possible for constant-expression simplification to remove + * all explicit references to aggs, but we still have to follow the + * aggregate semantics (eg, producing only one output row). */ if (parse->hasAggs) numAggs = count_agg_clause((Node *) tlist) + count_agg_clause(parse->havingQual); /* * Figure out whether we need a sorted result from query_planner. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html