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1 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 * primnodes.h
4 * Definitions for "primitive" node types, those that are used in more
5 * than one of the parse/plan/execute stages of the query pipeline.
6 * Currently, these are mostly nodes for executable expressions
7 * and join trees.
10 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
11 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
13 * $PostgreSQL$
15 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
17 #ifndef PRIMNODES_H
18 #define PRIMNODES_H
20 #include "access/attnum.h"
21 #include "nodes/pg_list.h"
24 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------
25 * node definitions
26 * ----------------------------------------------------------------
30 * Alias -
31 * specifies an alias for a range variable; the alias might also
32 * specify renaming of columns within the table.
34 * Note: colnames is a list of Value nodes (always strings). In Alias structs
35 * associated with RTEs, there may be entries corresponding to dropped
36 * columns; these are normally empty strings (""). See parsenodes.h for info.
38 typedef struct Alias
40 NodeTag type;
41 char *aliasname; /* aliased rel name (never qualified) */
42 List *colnames; /* optional list of column aliases */
43 } Alias;
45 typedef enum InhOption
47 INH_NO, /* Do NOT scan child tables */
48 INH_YES, /* DO scan child tables */
49 INH_DEFAULT /* Use current SQL_inheritance option */
50 } InhOption;
52 /* What to do at commit time for temporary relations */
53 typedef enum OnCommitAction
55 ONCOMMIT_NOOP, /* No ON COMMIT clause (do nothing) */
56 ONCOMMIT_PRESERVE_ROWS, /* ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS (do nothing) */
57 ONCOMMIT_DELETE_ROWS, /* ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS */
58 ONCOMMIT_DROP /* ON COMMIT DROP */
59 } OnCommitAction;
62 * RangeVar - range variable, used in FROM clauses
64 * Also used to represent table names in utility statements; there, the alias
65 * field is not used, and inhOpt shows whether to apply the operation
66 * recursively to child tables. In some contexts it is also useful to carry
67 * a TEMP table indication here.
69 typedef struct RangeVar
71 NodeTag type;
72 char *catalogname; /* the catalog (database) name, or NULL */
73 char *schemaname; /* the schema name, or NULL */
74 char *relname; /* the relation/sequence name */
75 InhOption inhOpt; /* expand rel by inheritance? recursively act
76 * on children? */
77 bool istemp; /* is this a temp relation/sequence? */
78 Alias *alias; /* table alias & optional column aliases */
79 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
80 } RangeVar;
83 * IntoClause - target information for SELECT INTO and CREATE TABLE AS
85 typedef struct IntoClause
87 NodeTag type;
89 RangeVar *rel; /* target relation name */
90 List *colNames; /* column names to assign, or NIL */
91 List *options; /* options from WITH clause */
92 OnCommitAction onCommit; /* what do we do at COMMIT? */
93 char *tableSpaceName; /* table space to use, or NULL */
94 } IntoClause;
97 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------
98 * node types for executable expressions
99 * ----------------------------------------------------------------
103 * Expr - generic superclass for executable-expression nodes
105 * All node types that are used in executable expression trees should derive
106 * from Expr (that is, have Expr as their first field). Since Expr only
107 * contains NodeTag, this is a formality, but it is an easy form of
108 * documentation. See also the ExprState node types in execnodes.h.
110 typedef struct Expr
112 NodeTag type;
113 } Expr;
116 * Var - expression node representing a variable (ie, a table column)
118 * Note: during parsing/planning, varnoold/varoattno are always just copies
119 * of varno/varattno. At the tail end of planning, Var nodes appearing in
120 * upper-level plan nodes are reassigned to point to the outputs of their
121 * subplans; for example, in a join node varno becomes INNER or OUTER and
122 * varattno becomes the index of the proper element of that subplan's target
123 * list. But varnoold/varoattno continue to hold the original values.
124 * The code doesn't really need varnoold/varoattno, but they are very useful
125 * for debugging and interpreting completed plans, so we keep them around.
127 #define INNER 65000
128 #define OUTER 65001
130 #define PRS2_OLD_VARNO 1
131 #define PRS2_NEW_VARNO 2
133 typedef struct Var
135 Expr xpr;
136 Index varno; /* index of this var's relation in the range
137 * table (could also be INNER or OUTER) */
138 AttrNumber varattno; /* attribute number of this var, or zero for
139 * all */
140 Oid vartype; /* pg_type OID for the type of this var */
141 int32 vartypmod; /* pg_attribute typmod value */
142 Index varlevelsup; /* for subquery variables referencing outer
143 * relations; 0 in a normal var, >0 means N
144 * levels up */
145 Index varnoold; /* original value of varno, for debugging */
146 AttrNumber varoattno; /* original value of varattno */
147 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
148 } Var;
151 * Const
153 typedef struct Const
155 Expr xpr;
156 Oid consttype; /* pg_type OID of the constant's datatype */
157 int32 consttypmod; /* typmod value, if any */
158 int constlen; /* typlen of the constant's datatype */
159 Datum constvalue; /* the constant's value */
160 bool constisnull; /* whether the constant is null (if true,
161 * constvalue is undefined) */
162 bool constbyval; /* whether this datatype is passed by value.
163 * If true, then all the information is stored
164 * in the Datum. If false, then the Datum
165 * contains a pointer to the information. */
166 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
167 } Const;
169 /* ----------------
170 * Param
171 * paramkind - specifies the kind of parameter. The possible values
172 * for this field are:
174 * PARAM_EXTERN: The parameter value is supplied from outside the plan.
175 * Such parameters are numbered from 1 to n.
177 * PARAM_EXEC: The parameter is an internal executor parameter, used
178 * for passing values into and out of sub-queries.
179 * For historical reasons, such parameters are numbered from 0.
180 * These numbers are independent of PARAM_EXTERN numbers.
182 * PARAM_SUBLINK: The parameter represents an output column of a SubLink
183 * node's sub-select. The column number is contained in the
184 * `paramid' field. (This type of Param is converted to
185 * PARAM_EXEC during planning.)
187 * Note: currently, paramtypmod is valid for PARAM_SUBLINK Params, and for
188 * PARAM_EXEC Params generated from them; it is always -1 for PARAM_EXTERN
189 * params, since the APIs that supply values for such parameters don't carry
190 * any typmod info.
191 * ----------------
193 typedef enum ParamKind
195 PARAM_EXTERN,
196 PARAM_EXEC,
197 PARAM_SUBLINK
198 } ParamKind;
200 typedef struct Param
202 Expr xpr;
203 ParamKind paramkind; /* kind of parameter. See above */
204 int paramid; /* numeric ID for parameter */
205 Oid paramtype; /* pg_type OID of parameter's datatype */
206 int32 paramtypmod; /* typmod value, if known */
207 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
208 } Param;
211 * Aggref
213 typedef struct Aggref
215 Expr xpr;
216 Oid aggfnoid; /* pg_proc Oid of the aggregate */
217 Oid aggtype; /* type Oid of result of the aggregate */
218 List *args; /* arguments to the aggregate */
219 Index agglevelsup; /* > 0 if agg belongs to outer query */
220 bool aggstar; /* TRUE if argument list was really '*' */
221 bool aggdistinct; /* TRUE if it's agg(DISTINCT ...) */
222 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
223 } Aggref;
226 * WindowFunc
228 typedef struct WindowFunc
230 Expr xpr;
231 Oid winfnoid; /* pg_proc Oid of the function */
232 Oid wintype; /* type Oid of result of the window function */
233 List *args; /* arguments to the window function */
234 Index winref; /* index of associated WindowClause */
235 bool winstar; /* TRUE if argument list was really '*' */
236 bool winagg; /* is function a simple aggregate? */
237 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
238 } WindowFunc;
240 /* ----------------
241 * ArrayRef: describes an array subscripting operation
243 * An ArrayRef can describe fetching a single element from an array,
244 * fetching a subarray (array slice), storing a single element into
245 * an array, or storing a slice. The "store" cases work with an
246 * initial array value and a source value that is inserted into the
247 * appropriate part of the array; the result of the operation is an
248 * entire new modified array value.
250 * If reflowerindexpr = NIL, then we are fetching or storing a single array
251 * element at the subscripts given by refupperindexpr. Otherwise we are
252 * fetching or storing an array slice, that is a rectangular subarray
253 * with lower and upper bounds given by the index expressions.
254 * reflowerindexpr must be the same length as refupperindexpr when it
255 * is not NIL.
257 * Note: the result datatype is the element type when fetching a single
258 * element; but it is the array type when doing subarray fetch or either
259 * type of store.
260 * ----------------
262 typedef struct ArrayRef
264 Expr xpr;
265 Oid refarraytype; /* type of the array proper */
266 Oid refelemtype; /* type of the array elements */
267 int32 reftypmod; /* typmod of the array (and elements too) */
268 List *refupperindexpr;/* expressions that evaluate to upper array
269 * indexes */
270 List *reflowerindexpr;/* expressions that evaluate to lower array
271 * indexes */
272 Expr *refexpr; /* the expression that evaluates to an array
273 * value */
274 Expr *refassgnexpr; /* expression for the source value, or NULL if
275 * fetch */
276 } ArrayRef;
279 * CoercionContext - distinguishes the allowed set of type casts
281 * NB: ordering of the alternatives is significant; later (larger) values
282 * allow more casts than earlier ones.
284 typedef enum CoercionContext
286 COERCION_IMPLICIT, /* coercion in context of expression */
287 COERCION_ASSIGNMENT, /* coercion in context of assignment */
288 COERCION_EXPLICIT /* explicit cast operation */
289 } CoercionContext;
292 * CoercionForm - information showing how to display a function-call node
294 typedef enum CoercionForm
296 COERCE_EXPLICIT_CALL, /* display as a function call */
297 COERCE_EXPLICIT_CAST, /* display as an explicit cast */
298 COERCE_IMPLICIT_CAST, /* implicit cast, so hide it */
299 COERCE_DONTCARE /* special case for planner */
300 } CoercionForm;
303 * FuncExpr - expression node for a function call
305 typedef struct FuncExpr
307 Expr xpr;
308 Oid funcid; /* PG_PROC OID of the function */
309 Oid funcresulttype; /* PG_TYPE OID of result value */
310 bool funcretset; /* true if function returns set */
311 CoercionForm funcformat; /* how to display this function call */
312 List *args; /* arguments to the function */
313 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
314 } FuncExpr;
317 * OpExpr - expression node for an operator invocation
319 * Semantically, this is essentially the same as a function call.
321 * Note that opfuncid is not necessarily filled in immediately on creation
322 * of the node. The planner makes sure it is valid before passing the node
323 * tree to the executor, but during parsing/planning opfuncid can be 0.
325 typedef struct OpExpr
327 Expr xpr;
328 Oid opno; /* PG_OPERATOR OID of the operator */
329 Oid opfuncid; /* PG_PROC OID of underlying function */
330 Oid opresulttype; /* PG_TYPE OID of result value */
331 bool opretset; /* true if operator returns set */
332 List *args; /* arguments to the operator (1 or 2) */
333 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
334 } OpExpr;
337 * DistinctExpr - expression node for "x IS DISTINCT FROM y"
339 * Except for the nodetag, this is represented identically to an OpExpr
340 * referencing the "=" operator for x and y.
341 * We use "=", not the more obvious "<>", because more datatypes have "="
342 * than "<>". This means the executor must invert the operator result.
343 * Note that the operator function won't be called at all if either input
344 * is NULL, since then the result can be determined directly.
346 typedef OpExpr DistinctExpr;
349 * ScalarArrayOpExpr - expression node for "scalar op ANY/ALL (array)"
351 * The operator must yield boolean. It is applied to the left operand
352 * and each element of the righthand array, and the results are combined
353 * with OR or AND (for ANY or ALL respectively). The node representation
354 * is almost the same as for the underlying operator, but we need a useOr
355 * flag to remember whether it's ANY or ALL, and we don't have to store
356 * the result type because it must be boolean.
358 typedef struct ScalarArrayOpExpr
360 Expr xpr;
361 Oid opno; /* PG_OPERATOR OID of the operator */
362 Oid opfuncid; /* PG_PROC OID of underlying function */
363 bool useOr; /* true for ANY, false for ALL */
364 List *args; /* the scalar and array operands */
365 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
366 } ScalarArrayOpExpr;
369 * BoolExpr - expression node for the basic Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT
371 * Notice the arguments are given as a List. For NOT, of course the list
372 * must always have exactly one element. For AND and OR, the executor can
373 * handle any number of arguments. The parser generally treats AND and OR
374 * as binary and so it typically only produces two-element lists, but the
375 * optimizer will flatten trees of AND and OR nodes to produce longer lists
376 * when possible. There are also a few special cases where more arguments
377 * can appear before optimization.
379 typedef enum BoolExprType
381 AND_EXPR, OR_EXPR, NOT_EXPR
382 } BoolExprType;
384 typedef struct BoolExpr
386 Expr xpr;
387 BoolExprType boolop;
388 List *args; /* arguments to this expression */
389 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
390 } BoolExpr;
393 * SubLink
395 * A SubLink represents a subselect appearing in an expression, and in some
396 * cases also the combining operator(s) just above it. The subLinkType
397 * indicates the form of the expression represented:
398 * EXISTS_SUBLINK EXISTS(SELECT ...)
399 * ALL_SUBLINK (lefthand) op ALL (SELECT ...)
400 * ANY_SUBLINK (lefthand) op ANY (SELECT ...)
401 * ROWCOMPARE_SUBLINK (lefthand) op (SELECT ...)
402 * EXPR_SUBLINK (SELECT with single targetlist item ...)
403 * ARRAY_SUBLINK ARRAY(SELECT with single targetlist item ...)
404 * CTE_SUBLINK WITH query (never actually part of an expression)
405 * For ALL, ANY, and ROWCOMPARE, the lefthand is a list of expressions of the
406 * same length as the subselect's targetlist. ROWCOMPARE will *always* have
407 * a list with more than one entry; if the subselect has just one target
408 * then the parser will create an EXPR_SUBLINK instead (and any operator
409 * above the subselect will be represented separately). Note that both
410 * ROWCOMPARE and EXPR require the subselect to deliver only one row.
411 * ALL, ANY, and ROWCOMPARE require the combining operators to deliver boolean
412 * results. ALL and ANY combine the per-row results using AND and OR
413 * semantics respectively.
414 * ARRAY requires just one target column, and creates an array of the target
415 * column's type using any number of rows resulting from the subselect.
417 * SubLink is classed as an Expr node, but it is not actually executable;
418 * it must be replaced in the expression tree by a SubPlan node during
419 * planning.
421 * NOTE: in the raw output of gram.y, testexpr contains just the raw form
422 * of the lefthand expression (if any), and operName is the String name of
423 * the combining operator. Also, subselect is a raw parsetree. During parse
424 * analysis, the parser transforms testexpr into a complete boolean expression
425 * that compares the lefthand value(s) to PARAM_SUBLINK nodes representing the
426 * output columns of the subselect. And subselect is transformed to a Query.
427 * This is the representation seen in saved rules and in the rewriter.
429 * In EXISTS, EXPR, and ARRAY SubLinks, testexpr and operName are unused and
430 * are always null.
432 * The CTE_SUBLINK case never occurs in actual SubLink nodes, but it is used
433 * in SubPlans generated for WITH subqueries.
435 typedef enum SubLinkType
437 EXISTS_SUBLINK,
438 ALL_SUBLINK,
439 ANY_SUBLINK,
440 ROWCOMPARE_SUBLINK,
441 EXPR_SUBLINK,
442 ARRAY_SUBLINK,
443 CTE_SUBLINK /* for SubPlans only */
444 } SubLinkType;
447 typedef struct SubLink
449 Expr xpr;
450 SubLinkType subLinkType; /* see above */
451 Node *testexpr; /* outer-query test for ALL/ANY/ROWCOMPARE */
452 List *operName; /* originally specified operator name */
453 Node *subselect; /* subselect as Query* or parsetree */
454 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
455 } SubLink;
458 * SubPlan - executable expression node for a subplan (sub-SELECT)
460 * The planner replaces SubLink nodes in expression trees with SubPlan
461 * nodes after it has finished planning the subquery. SubPlan references
462 * a sub-plantree stored in the subplans list of the toplevel PlannedStmt.
463 * (We avoid a direct link to make it easier to copy expression trees
464 * without causing multiple processing of the subplan.)
466 * In an ordinary subplan, testexpr points to an executable expression
467 * (OpExpr, an AND/OR tree of OpExprs, or RowCompareExpr) for the combining
468 * operator(s); the left-hand arguments are the original lefthand expressions,
469 * and the right-hand arguments are PARAM_EXEC Param nodes representing the
470 * outputs of the sub-select. (NOTE: runtime coercion functions may be
471 * inserted as well.) This is just the same expression tree as testexpr in
472 * the original SubLink node, but the PARAM_SUBLINK nodes are replaced by
473 * suitably numbered PARAM_EXEC nodes.
475 * If the sub-select becomes an initplan rather than a subplan, the executable
476 * expression is part of the outer plan's expression tree (and the SubPlan
477 * node itself is not, but rather is found in the outer plan's initPlan
478 * list). In this case testexpr is NULL to avoid duplication.
480 * The planner also derives lists of the values that need to be passed into
481 * and out of the subplan. Input values are represented as a list "args" of
482 * expressions to be evaluated in the outer-query context (currently these
483 * args are always just Vars, but in principle they could be any expression).
484 * The values are assigned to the global PARAM_EXEC params indexed by parParam
485 * (the parParam and args lists must have the same ordering). setParam is a
486 * list of the PARAM_EXEC params that are computed by the sub-select, if it
487 * is an initplan; they are listed in order by sub-select output column
488 * position. (parParam and setParam are integer Lists, not Bitmapsets,
489 * because their ordering is significant.)
491 * Also, the planner computes startup and per-call costs for use of the
492 * SubPlan. Note that these include the cost of the subquery proper,
493 * evaluation of the testexpr if any, and any hashtable management overhead.
495 typedef struct SubPlan
497 Expr xpr;
498 /* Fields copied from original SubLink: */
499 SubLinkType subLinkType; /* see above */
500 /* The combining operators, transformed to an executable expression: */
501 Node *testexpr; /* OpExpr or RowCompareExpr expression tree */
502 List *paramIds; /* IDs of Params embedded in the above */
503 /* Identification of the Plan tree to use: */
504 int plan_id; /* Index (from 1) in PlannedStmt.subplans */
505 /* Extra data useful for determining subplan's output type: */
506 Oid firstColType; /* Type of first column of subplan result */
507 /* Information about execution strategy: */
508 bool useHashTable; /* TRUE to store subselect output in a hash
509 * table (implies we are doing "IN") */
510 bool unknownEqFalse; /* TRUE if it's okay to return FALSE when the
511 * spec result is UNKNOWN; this allows much
512 * simpler handling of null values */
513 /* Information for passing params into and out of the subselect: */
514 /* setParam and parParam are lists of integers (param IDs) */
515 List *setParam; /* initplan subqueries have to set these
516 * Params for parent plan */
517 List *parParam; /* indices of input Params from parent plan */
518 List *args; /* exprs to pass as parParam values */
519 /* Estimated execution costs: */
520 Cost startup_cost; /* one-time setup cost */
521 Cost per_call_cost; /* cost for each subplan evaluation */
522 } SubPlan;
525 * AlternativeSubPlan - expression node for a choice among SubPlans
527 * The subplans are given as a List so that the node definition need not
528 * change if there's ever more than two alternatives. For the moment,
529 * though, there are always exactly two; and the first one is the fast-start
530 * plan.
532 typedef struct AlternativeSubPlan
534 Expr xpr;
535 List *subplans; /* SubPlan(s) with equivalent results */
536 } AlternativeSubPlan;
538 /* ----------------
539 * FieldSelect
541 * FieldSelect represents the operation of extracting one field from a tuple
542 * value. At runtime, the input expression is expected to yield a rowtype
543 * Datum. The specified field number is extracted and returned as a Datum.
544 * ----------------
547 typedef struct FieldSelect
549 Expr xpr;
550 Expr *arg; /* input expression */
551 AttrNumber fieldnum; /* attribute number of field to extract */
552 Oid resulttype; /* type of the field (result type of this
553 * node) */
554 int32 resulttypmod; /* output typmod (usually -1) */
555 } FieldSelect;
557 /* ----------------
558 * FieldStore
560 * FieldStore represents the operation of modifying one field in a tuple
561 * value, yielding a new tuple value (the input is not touched!). Like
562 * the assign case of ArrayRef, this is used to implement UPDATE of a
563 * portion of a column.
565 * A single FieldStore can actually represent updates of several different
566 * fields. The parser only generates FieldStores with single-element lists,
567 * but the planner will collapse multiple updates of the same base column
568 * into one FieldStore.
569 * ----------------
572 typedef struct FieldStore
574 Expr xpr;
575 Expr *arg; /* input tuple value */
576 List *newvals; /* new value(s) for field(s) */
577 List *fieldnums; /* integer list of field attnums */
578 Oid resulttype; /* type of result (same as type of arg) */
579 /* Like RowExpr, we deliberately omit a typmod here */
580 } FieldStore;
582 /* ----------------
583 * RelabelType
585 * RelabelType represents a "dummy" type coercion between two binary-
586 * compatible datatypes, such as reinterpreting the result of an OID
587 * expression as an int4. It is a no-op at runtime; we only need it
588 * to provide a place to store the correct type to be attributed to
589 * the expression result during type resolution. (We can't get away
590 * with just overwriting the type field of the input expression node,
591 * so we need a separate node to show the coercion's result type.)
592 * ----------------
595 typedef struct RelabelType
597 Expr xpr;
598 Expr *arg; /* input expression */
599 Oid resulttype; /* output type of coercion expression */
600 int32 resulttypmod; /* output typmod (usually -1) */
601 CoercionForm relabelformat; /* how to display this node */
602 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
603 } RelabelType;
605 /* ----------------
606 * CoerceViaIO
608 * CoerceViaIO represents a type coercion between two types whose textual
609 * representations are compatible, implemented by invoking the source type's
610 * typoutput function then the destination type's typinput function.
611 * ----------------
614 typedef struct CoerceViaIO
616 Expr xpr;
617 Expr *arg; /* input expression */
618 Oid resulttype; /* output type of coercion */
619 /* output typmod is not stored, but is presumed -1 */
620 CoercionForm coerceformat; /* how to display this node */
621 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
622 } CoerceViaIO;
624 /* ----------------
625 * ArrayCoerceExpr
627 * ArrayCoerceExpr represents a type coercion from one array type to another,
628 * which is implemented by applying the indicated element-type coercion
629 * function to each element of the source array. If elemfuncid is InvalidOid
630 * then the element types are binary-compatible, but the coercion still
631 * requires some effort (we have to fix the element type ID stored in the
632 * array header).
633 * ----------------
636 typedef struct ArrayCoerceExpr
638 Expr xpr;
639 Expr *arg; /* input expression (yields an array) */
640 Oid elemfuncid; /* OID of element coercion function, or 0 */
641 Oid resulttype; /* output type of coercion (an array type) */
642 int32 resulttypmod; /* output typmod (also element typmod) */
643 bool isExplicit; /* conversion semantics flag to pass to func */
644 CoercionForm coerceformat; /* how to display this node */
645 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
646 } ArrayCoerceExpr;
648 /* ----------------
649 * ConvertRowtypeExpr
651 * ConvertRowtypeExpr represents a type coercion from one composite type
652 * to another, where the source type is guaranteed to contain all the columns
653 * needed for the destination type plus possibly others; the columns need not
654 * be in the same positions, but are matched up by name. This is primarily
655 * used to convert a whole-row value of an inheritance child table into a
656 * valid whole-row value of its parent table's rowtype.
657 * ----------------
660 typedef struct ConvertRowtypeExpr
662 Expr xpr;
663 Expr *arg; /* input expression */
664 Oid resulttype; /* output type (always a composite type) */
665 /* result typmod is not stored, but must be -1; see RowExpr comments */
666 CoercionForm convertformat; /* how to display this node */
667 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
668 } ConvertRowtypeExpr;
670 /*----------
671 * CaseExpr - a CASE expression
673 * We support two distinct forms of CASE expression:
674 * CASE WHEN boolexpr THEN expr [ WHEN boolexpr THEN expr ... ]
675 * CASE testexpr WHEN compexpr THEN expr [ WHEN compexpr THEN expr ... ]
676 * These are distinguishable by the "arg" field being NULL in the first case
677 * and the testexpr in the second case.
679 * In the raw grammar output for the second form, the condition expressions
680 * of the WHEN clauses are just the comparison values. Parse analysis
681 * converts these to valid boolean expressions of the form
682 * CaseTestExpr '=' compexpr
683 * where the CaseTestExpr node is a placeholder that emits the correct
684 * value at runtime. This structure is used so that the testexpr need be
685 * evaluated only once. Note that after parse analysis, the condition
686 * expressions always yield boolean.
688 * Note: we can test whether a CaseExpr has been through parse analysis
689 * yet by checking whether casetype is InvalidOid or not.
690 *----------
692 typedef struct CaseExpr
694 Expr xpr;
695 Oid casetype; /* type of expression result */
696 Expr *arg; /* implicit equality comparison argument */
697 List *args; /* the arguments (list of WHEN clauses) */
698 Expr *defresult; /* the default result (ELSE clause) */
699 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
700 } CaseExpr;
703 * CaseWhen - one arm of a CASE expression
705 typedef struct CaseWhen
707 Expr xpr;
708 Expr *expr; /* condition expression */
709 Expr *result; /* substitution result */
710 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
711 } CaseWhen;
714 * Placeholder node for the test value to be processed by a CASE expression.
715 * This is effectively like a Param, but can be implemented more simply
716 * since we need only one replacement value at a time.
718 * We also use this in nested UPDATE expressions.
719 * See transformAssignmentIndirection().
721 typedef struct CaseTestExpr
723 Expr xpr;
724 Oid typeId; /* type for substituted value */
725 int32 typeMod; /* typemod for substituted value */
726 } CaseTestExpr;
729 * ArrayExpr - an ARRAY[] expression
731 * Note: if multidims is false, the constituent expressions all yield the
732 * scalar type identified by element_typeid. If multidims is true, the
733 * constituent expressions all yield arrays of element_typeid (ie, the same
734 * type as array_typeid); at runtime we must check for compatible subscripts.
736 typedef struct ArrayExpr
738 Expr xpr;
739 Oid array_typeid; /* type of expression result */
740 Oid element_typeid; /* common type of array elements */
741 List *elements; /* the array elements or sub-arrays */
742 bool multidims; /* true if elements are sub-arrays */
743 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
744 } ArrayExpr;
747 * RowExpr - a ROW() expression
749 * Note: the list of fields must have a one-for-one correspondence with
750 * physical fields of the associated rowtype, although it is okay for it
751 * to be shorter than the rowtype. That is, the N'th list element must
752 * match up with the N'th physical field. When the N'th physical field
753 * is a dropped column (attisdropped) then the N'th list element can just
754 * be a NULL constant. (This case can only occur for named composite types,
755 * not RECORD types, since those are built from the RowExpr itself rather
756 * than vice versa.) It is important not to assume that length(args) is
757 * the same as the number of columns logically present in the rowtype.
759 * colnames is NIL in a RowExpr built from an ordinary ROW() expression.
760 * It is provided in cases where we expand a whole-row Var into a RowExpr,
761 * to retain the column alias names of the RTE that the Var referenced
762 * (which would otherwise be very difficult to extract from the parsetree).
763 * Like the args list, it is one-for-one with physical fields of the rowtype.
765 typedef struct RowExpr
767 Expr xpr;
768 List *args; /* the fields */
769 Oid row_typeid; /* RECORDOID or a composite type's ID */
772 * Note: we deliberately do NOT store a typmod. Although a typmod will be
773 * associated with specific RECORD types at runtime, it will differ for
774 * different backends, and so cannot safely be stored in stored
775 * parsetrees. We must assume typmod -1 for a RowExpr node.
777 CoercionForm row_format; /* how to display this node */
778 List *colnames; /* list of String, or NIL */
779 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
780 } RowExpr;
783 * RowCompareExpr - row-wise comparison, such as (a, b) <= (1, 2)
785 * We support row comparison for any operator that can be determined to
786 * act like =, <>, <, <=, >, or >= (we determine this by looking for the
787 * operator in btree opfamilies). Note that the same operator name might
788 * map to a different operator for each pair of row elements, since the
789 * element datatypes can vary.
791 * A RowCompareExpr node is only generated for the < <= > >= cases;
792 * the = and <> cases are translated to simple AND or OR combinations
793 * of the pairwise comparisons. However, we include = and <> in the
794 * RowCompareType enum for the convenience of parser logic.
796 typedef enum RowCompareType
798 /* Values of this enum are chosen to match btree strategy numbers */
799 ROWCOMPARE_LT = 1, /* BTLessStrategyNumber */
800 ROWCOMPARE_LE = 2, /* BTLessEqualStrategyNumber */
801 ROWCOMPARE_EQ = 3, /* BTEqualStrategyNumber */
802 ROWCOMPARE_GE = 4, /* BTGreaterEqualStrategyNumber */
803 ROWCOMPARE_GT = 5, /* BTGreaterStrategyNumber */
804 ROWCOMPARE_NE = 6 /* no such btree strategy */
805 } RowCompareType;
807 typedef struct RowCompareExpr
809 Expr xpr;
810 RowCompareType rctype; /* LT LE GE or GT, never EQ or NE */
811 List *opnos; /* OID list of pairwise comparison ops */
812 List *opfamilies; /* OID list of containing operator families */
813 List *largs; /* the left-hand input arguments */
814 List *rargs; /* the right-hand input arguments */
815 } RowCompareExpr;
818 * CoalesceExpr - a COALESCE expression
820 typedef struct CoalesceExpr
822 Expr xpr;
823 Oid coalescetype; /* type of expression result */
824 List *args; /* the arguments */
825 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
826 } CoalesceExpr;
829 * MinMaxExpr - a GREATEST or LEAST function
831 typedef enum MinMaxOp
833 IS_GREATEST,
834 IS_LEAST
835 } MinMaxOp;
837 typedef struct MinMaxExpr
839 Expr xpr;
840 Oid minmaxtype; /* common type of arguments and result */
841 MinMaxOp op; /* function to execute */
842 List *args; /* the arguments */
843 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
844 } MinMaxExpr;
847 * XmlExpr - various SQL/XML functions requiring special grammar productions
849 * 'name' carries the "NAME foo" argument (already XML-escaped).
850 * 'named_args' and 'arg_names' represent an xml_attribute list.
851 * 'args' carries all other arguments.
853 typedef enum XmlExprOp
855 IS_XMLCONCAT, /* XMLCONCAT(args) */
856 IS_XMLELEMENT, /* XMLELEMENT(name, xml_attributes, args) */
857 IS_XMLFOREST, /* XMLFOREST(xml_attributes) */
858 IS_XMLPARSE, /* XMLPARSE(text, is_doc, preserve_ws) */
859 IS_XMLPI, /* XMLPI(name [, args]) */
860 IS_XMLROOT, /* XMLROOT(xml, version, standalone) */
861 IS_XMLSERIALIZE, /* XMLSERIALIZE(is_document, xmlval) */
862 IS_DOCUMENT /* xmlval IS DOCUMENT */
863 } XmlExprOp;
865 typedef enum
867 XMLOPTION_DOCUMENT,
868 XMLOPTION_CONTENT
869 } XmlOptionType;
871 typedef struct XmlExpr
873 Expr xpr;
874 XmlExprOp op; /* xml function ID */
875 char *name; /* name in xml(NAME foo ...) syntaxes */
876 List *named_args; /* non-XML expressions for xml_attributes */
877 List *arg_names; /* parallel list of Value strings */
878 List *args; /* list of expressions */
879 XmlOptionType xmloption; /* DOCUMENT or CONTENT */
880 Oid type; /* target type for XMLSERIALIZE */
881 int32 typmod;
882 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
883 } XmlExpr;
886 * NullIfExpr - a NULLIF expression
888 * Like DistinctExpr, this is represented the same as an OpExpr referencing
889 * the "=" operator for x and y.
891 typedef OpExpr NullIfExpr;
893 /* ----------------
894 * NullTest
896 * NullTest represents the operation of testing a value for NULLness.
897 * The appropriate test is performed and returned as a boolean Datum.
899 * NOTE: the semantics of this for rowtype inputs are noticeably different
900 * from the scalar case. It would probably be a good idea to include an
901 * "argisrow" flag in the struct to reflect that, but for the moment,
902 * we do not do so to avoid forcing an initdb during 8.2beta.
903 * ----------------
906 typedef enum NullTestType
908 IS_NULL, IS_NOT_NULL
909 } NullTestType;
911 typedef struct NullTest
913 Expr xpr;
914 Expr *arg; /* input expression */
915 NullTestType nulltesttype; /* IS NULL, IS NOT NULL */
916 } NullTest;
919 * BooleanTest
921 * BooleanTest represents the operation of determining whether a boolean
922 * is TRUE, FALSE, or UNKNOWN (ie, NULL). All six meaningful combinations
923 * are supported. Note that a NULL input does *not* cause a NULL result.
924 * The appropriate test is performed and returned as a boolean Datum.
927 typedef enum BoolTestType
929 IS_TRUE, IS_NOT_TRUE, IS_FALSE, IS_NOT_FALSE, IS_UNKNOWN, IS_NOT_UNKNOWN
930 } BoolTestType;
932 typedef struct BooleanTest
934 Expr xpr;
935 Expr *arg; /* input expression */
936 BoolTestType booltesttype; /* test type */
937 } BooleanTest;
940 * CoerceToDomain
942 * CoerceToDomain represents the operation of coercing a value to a domain
943 * type. At runtime (and not before) the precise set of constraints to be
944 * checked will be determined. If the value passes, it is returned as the
945 * result; if not, an error is raised. Note that this is equivalent to
946 * RelabelType in the scenario where no constraints are applied.
948 typedef struct CoerceToDomain
950 Expr xpr;
951 Expr *arg; /* input expression */
952 Oid resulttype; /* domain type ID (result type) */
953 int32 resulttypmod; /* output typmod (currently always -1) */
954 CoercionForm coercionformat; /* how to display this node */
955 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
956 } CoerceToDomain;
959 * Placeholder node for the value to be processed by a domain's check
960 * constraint. This is effectively like a Param, but can be implemented more
961 * simply since we need only one replacement value at a time.
963 * Note: the typeId/typeMod will be set from the domain's base type, not
964 * the domain itself. This is because we shouldn't consider the value to
965 * be a member of the domain if we haven't yet checked its constraints.
967 typedef struct CoerceToDomainValue
969 Expr xpr;
970 Oid typeId; /* type for substituted value */
971 int32 typeMod; /* typemod for substituted value */
972 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
973 } CoerceToDomainValue;
976 * Placeholder node for a DEFAULT marker in an INSERT or UPDATE command.
978 * This is not an executable expression: it must be replaced by the actual
979 * column default expression during rewriting. But it is convenient to
980 * treat it as an expression node during parsing and rewriting.
982 typedef struct SetToDefault
984 Expr xpr;
985 Oid typeId; /* type for substituted value */
986 int32 typeMod; /* typemod for substituted value */
987 int location; /* token location, or -1 if unknown */
988 } SetToDefault;
991 * Node representing [WHERE] CURRENT OF cursor_name
993 * CURRENT OF is a bit like a Var, in that it carries the rangetable index
994 * of the target relation being constrained; this aids placing the expression
995 * correctly during planning. We can assume however that its "levelsup" is
996 * always zero, due to the syntactic constraints on where it can appear.
998 * The referenced cursor can be represented either as a hardwired string
999 * or as a reference to a run-time parameter of type REFCURSOR. The latter
1000 * case is for the convenience of plpgsql.
1002 typedef struct CurrentOfExpr
1004 Expr xpr;
1005 Index cvarno; /* RT index of target relation */
1006 char *cursor_name; /* name of referenced cursor, or NULL */
1007 int cursor_param; /* refcursor parameter number, or 0 */
1008 } CurrentOfExpr;
1010 /*--------------------
1011 * TargetEntry -
1012 * a target entry (used in query target lists)
1014 * Strictly speaking, a TargetEntry isn't an expression node (since it can't
1015 * be evaluated by ExecEvalExpr). But we treat it as one anyway, since in
1016 * very many places it's convenient to process a whole query targetlist as a
1017 * single expression tree.
1019 * In a SELECT's targetlist, resno should always be equal to the item's
1020 * ordinal position (counting from 1). However, in an INSERT or UPDATE
1021 * targetlist, resno represents the attribute number of the destination
1022 * column for the item; so there may be missing or out-of-order resnos.
1023 * It is even legal to have duplicated resnos; consider
1024 * UPDATE table SET arraycol[1] = ..., arraycol[2] = ..., ...
1025 * The two meanings come together in the executor, because the planner
1026 * transforms INSERT/UPDATE tlists into a normalized form with exactly
1027 * one entry for each column of the destination table. Before that's
1028 * happened, however, it is risky to assume that resno == position.
1029 * Generally get_tle_by_resno() should be used rather than list_nth()
1030 * to fetch tlist entries by resno, and only in SELECT should you assume
1031 * that resno is a unique identifier.
1033 * resname is required to represent the correct column name in non-resjunk
1034 * entries of top-level SELECT targetlists, since it will be used as the
1035 * column title sent to the frontend. In most other contexts it is only
1036 * a debugging aid, and may be wrong or even NULL. (In particular, it may
1037 * be wrong in a tlist from a stored rule, if the referenced column has been
1038 * renamed by ALTER TABLE since the rule was made. Also, the planner tends
1039 * to store NULL rather than look up a valid name for tlist entries in
1040 * non-toplevel plan nodes.) In resjunk entries, resname should be either
1041 * a specific system-generated name (such as "ctid") or NULL; anything else
1042 * risks confusing ExecGetJunkAttribute!
1044 * ressortgroupref is used in the representation of ORDER BY, GROUP BY, and
1045 * DISTINCT items. Targetlist entries with ressortgroupref=0 are not
1046 * sort/group items. If ressortgroupref>0, then this item is an ORDER BY,
1047 * GROUP BY, and/or DISTINCT target value. No two entries in a targetlist
1048 * may have the same nonzero ressortgroupref --- but there is no particular
1049 * meaning to the nonzero values, except as tags. (For example, one must
1050 * not assume that lower ressortgroupref means a more significant sort key.)
1051 * The order of the associated SortGroupClause lists determine the semantics.
1053 * resorigtbl/resorigcol identify the source of the column, if it is a
1054 * simple reference to a column of a base table (or view). If it is not
1055 * a simple reference, these fields are zeroes.
1057 * If resjunk is true then the column is a working column (such as a sort key)
1058 * that should be removed from the final output of the query. Resjunk columns
1059 * must have resnos that cannot duplicate any regular column's resno. Also
1060 * note that there are places that assume resjunk columns come after non-junk
1061 * columns.
1062 *--------------------
1064 typedef struct TargetEntry
1066 Expr xpr;
1067 Expr *expr; /* expression to evaluate */
1068 AttrNumber resno; /* attribute number (see notes above) */
1069 char *resname; /* name of the column (could be NULL) */
1070 Index ressortgroupref;/* nonzero if referenced by a sort/group
1071 * clause */
1072 Oid resorigtbl; /* OID of column's source table */
1073 AttrNumber resorigcol; /* column's number in source table */
1074 bool resjunk; /* set to true to eliminate the attribute from
1075 * final target list */
1076 } TargetEntry;
1079 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------
1080 * node types for join trees
1082 * The leaves of a join tree structure are RangeTblRef nodes. Above
1083 * these, JoinExpr nodes can appear to denote a specific kind of join
1084 * or qualified join. Also, FromExpr nodes can appear to denote an
1085 * ordinary cross-product join ("FROM foo, bar, baz WHERE ...").
1086 * FromExpr is like a JoinExpr of jointype JOIN_INNER, except that it
1087 * may have any number of child nodes, not just two.
1089 * NOTE: the top level of a Query's jointree is always a FromExpr.
1090 * Even if the jointree contains no rels, there will be a FromExpr.
1092 * NOTE: the qualification expressions present in JoinExpr nodes are
1093 * *in addition to* the query's main WHERE clause, which appears as the
1094 * qual of the top-level FromExpr. The reason for associating quals with
1095 * specific nodes in the jointree is that the position of a qual is critical
1096 * when outer joins are present. (If we enforce a qual too soon or too late,
1097 * that may cause the outer join to produce the wrong set of NULL-extended
1098 * rows.) If all joins are inner joins then all the qual positions are
1099 * semantically interchangeable.
1101 * NOTE: in the raw output of gram.y, a join tree contains RangeVar,
1102 * RangeSubselect, and RangeFunction nodes, which are all replaced by
1103 * RangeTblRef nodes during the parse analysis phase. Also, the top-level
1104 * FromExpr is added during parse analysis; the grammar regards FROM and
1105 * WHERE as separate.
1106 * ----------------------------------------------------------------
1110 * RangeTblRef - reference to an entry in the query's rangetable
1112 * We could use direct pointers to the RT entries and skip having these
1113 * nodes, but multiple pointers to the same node in a querytree cause
1114 * lots of headaches, so it seems better to store an index into the RT.
1116 typedef struct RangeTblRef
1118 NodeTag type;
1119 int rtindex;
1120 } RangeTblRef;
1122 /*----------
1123 * JoinExpr - for SQL JOIN expressions
1125 * isNatural, using, and quals are interdependent. The user can write only
1126 * one of NATURAL, USING(), or ON() (this is enforced by the grammar).
1127 * If he writes NATURAL then parse analysis generates the equivalent USING()
1128 * list, and from that fills in "quals" with the right equality comparisons.
1129 * If he writes USING() then "quals" is filled with equality comparisons.
1130 * If he writes ON() then only "quals" is set. Note that NATURAL/USING
1131 * are not equivalent to ON() since they also affect the output column list.
1133 * alias is an Alias node representing the AS alias-clause attached to the
1134 * join expression, or NULL if no clause. NB: presence or absence of the
1135 * alias has a critical impact on semantics, because a join with an alias
1136 * restricts visibility of the tables/columns inside it.
1138 * During parse analysis, an RTE is created for the Join, and its index
1139 * is filled into rtindex. This RTE is present mainly so that Vars can
1140 * be created that refer to the outputs of the join. The planner sometimes
1141 * generates JoinExprs internally; these can have rtindex = 0 if there are
1142 * no join alias variables referencing such joins.
1143 *----------
1145 typedef struct JoinExpr
1147 NodeTag type;
1148 JoinType jointype; /* type of join */
1149 bool isNatural; /* Natural join? Will need to shape table */
1150 Node *larg; /* left subtree */
1151 Node *rarg; /* right subtree */
1152 List *using; /* USING clause, if any (list of String) */
1153 Node *quals; /* qualifiers on join, if any */
1154 Alias *alias; /* user-written alias clause, if any */
1155 int rtindex; /* RT index assigned for join, or 0 */
1156 } JoinExpr;
1158 /*----------
1159 * FromExpr - represents a FROM ... WHERE ... construct
1161 * This is both more flexible than a JoinExpr (it can have any number of
1162 * children, including zero) and less so --- we don't need to deal with
1163 * aliases and so on. The output column set is implicitly just the union
1164 * of the outputs of the children.
1165 *----------
1167 typedef struct FromExpr
1169 NodeTag type;
1170 List *fromlist; /* List of join subtrees */
1171 Node *quals; /* qualifiers on join, if any */
1172 } FromExpr;
1174 #endif /* PRIMNODES_H */