diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c b/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c
index 8debd9c5c7..8c9635ea43 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c,v 1.12 1997/11/26 01:10:54 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c,v 1.13 1997/12/18 12:53:42 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -888,8 +888,6 @@ NodeGetResultTupleSlot(Plan *node)
  *		the node's inner or outer subplan easily without having
  *		to inspect the subplan.. -cim 10/16/89
  *
- *		Assume that for existential nodes, we get the targetlist out
- *		of the right node's targetlist
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
index 7522781ded..30d3e57faf 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c,v 1.19 1997/12/18 05:58:40 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c,v 1.20 1997/12/18 12:53:48 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -108,24 +108,6 @@ _copyPlan(Plan *from)
 }
 
 
-/* ----------------
- *		_copyExistential
- * ----------------
- */
-static Existential *
-_copyExistential(Existential *from)
-{
-	Existential *newnode = makeNode(Existential);
-
-	/* ----------------
-	 *	copy node superclass fields
-	 * ----------------
-	 */
-	CopyPlanFields(from, newnode);
-
-	return newnode;
-}
-
 /* ----------------
  *		_copyResult
  * ----------------
@@ -1623,9 +1605,6 @@ copyObject(void *from)
 		case T_Plan:
 			retval = _copyPlan(from);
 			break;
-		case T_Existential:
-			retval = _copyExistential(from);
-			break;
 		case T_Result:
 			retval = _copyResult(from);
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
index e8ef33d8e6..c7e412ced9 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c,v 1.11 1997/12/04 23:20:32 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c,v 1.12 1997/12/18 12:53:51 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  Every (plan) node in POSTGRES has an associated "out" routine which
@@ -258,21 +258,6 @@ _outResult(StringInfo str, Result *node)
 
 }
 
-/*
- *	Existential is a subclass of Plan.
- */
-static void
-_outExistential(StringInfo str, Existential *node)
-{
-	char		buf[500];
-
-	sprintf(buf, "EXISTENTIAL");
-	appendStringInfo(str, buf);
-	_outPlanInfo(str, (Plan *) node);
-
-
-}
-
 /*
  *	Append is a subclass of Plan.
  */
@@ -1641,9 +1626,6 @@ _outNode(StringInfo str, void *obj)
 			case T_Result:
 				_outResult(str, obj);
 				break;
-			case T_Existential:
-				_outExistential(str, obj);
-				break;
 			case T_Append:
 				_outAppend(str, obj);
 				break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/print.c b/src/backend/nodes/print.c
index 6b62064de9..aa39f6b2ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/print.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/print.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/print.c,v 1.11 1997/11/25 21:59:44 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/print.c,v 1.12 1997/12/18 12:53:56 momjian Exp $
  *
  * HISTORY
  *	  AUTHOR			DATE			MAJOR EVENT
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ plannode_type(Plan *p)
 			case T_Plan:
 			return "PLAN";
 			break;
-		case T_Existential:
-			return "EXISTENTIAL";
-			break;
 		case T_Result:
 			return "RESULT";
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
index ab05372a91..2fd639aaf4 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c,v 1.10 1997/10/25 01:09:30 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c,v 1.11 1997/12/18 12:53:59 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  Most of the read functions for plan nodes are tested. (In fact, they
@@ -217,24 +217,6 @@ _readResult()
 	return (local_node);
 }
 
-/* ----------------
- *		_readExistential
- *
- *		Existential nodes are only used by the planner.
- * ----------------
- */
-static Existential *
-_readExistential()
-{
-	Existential *local_node;
-
-	local_node = makeNode(Existential);
-
-	_getPlan((Plan *) local_node);
-
-	return (local_node);
-}
-
 /* ----------------
  *		_readAppend
  *
@@ -1884,10 +1866,6 @@ parsePlanString(void)
 	{
 		return_value = _readResult();
 	}
-	else if (!strncmp(token, "EXISTENTIAL", 11))
-	{
-		return_value = _readExistential();
-	}
 	else if (!strncmp(token, "APPEND", 6))
 	{
 		return_value = _readAppend();
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c
index 2c8900f64c..521dcd5f41 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c,v 1.19 1997/12/18 12:30:43 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c,v 1.20 1997/12/18 12:54:04 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1175,10 +1175,10 @@ make_unique(List *tlist, Plan *lefttree, char *uniqueAttr)
 	return (node);
 }
 
+#ifdef NOT_USED
 List	   *
 generate_fjoin(List *tlist)
 {
-#if 0
 	List		tlistP;
 	List		newTlist = NIL;
 	List		fjoinList = NIL;
@@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@ generate_fjoin(List *tlist)
 		newTlist = lappend(newTlist, tempList);
 	}
 	return newTlist;
-#endif
 	return tlist;				/* do nothing for now - ay 10/94 */
 }
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c
index 883b5601b6..a22c7e6ffc 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c,v 1.10 1997/12/18 12:30:44 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c,v 1.11 1997/12/18 12:54:09 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -259,7 +259,9 @@ query_planner(Query *root,
 	 * Destructively modify the query plan's targetlist to add fjoin lists
 	 * to flatten functions that return sets of base types
 	 */
+#ifdef NOT_USED
 	subplan->targetlist = generate_fjoin(subplan->targetlist);
+#endif
 
 	return (subplan);
 }
@@ -360,7 +362,9 @@ make_result(List *tlist,
 	Result	   *node = makeNode(Result);
 	Plan	   *plan = &node->plan;
 
+#ifdef NOT_USED
 	tlist = generate_fjoin(tlist);
+#endif
     plan->cost = (subplan ? subplan->cost : 0);
 	plan->state = (EState *) NULL;
 	plan->targetlist = tlist;
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
index ceddbbe2d6..e60e576b08 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c,v 1.11 1997/11/25 21:59:59 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c,v 1.12 1997/12/18 12:54:11 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 
 static Plan *make_sortplan(List *tlist, List *sortcls, Plan *plannode);
 static Plan *init_query_planner(Query *parse);
-static Existential *make_existential(Plan *left, Plan *right);
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
@@ -184,8 +183,7 @@ make_sortplan(List *tlist, List *sortcls, Plan *plannode)
 
 /*
  * init-query-planner--
- *	  Deals with all non-union preprocessing, including existential
- *	  qualifications and CNFifying the qualifications.
+ *	  Deals with all non-union preprocessing,and CNFifying the qualifications.
  *
  * Returns a query plan.
  * MODIFIES: tlist,qual
@@ -195,8 +193,6 @@ static Plan *
 init_query_planner(Query *root)
 {
 	List	   *primary_qual;
-	List	   *existential_qual;
-	Existential *exist_plan;
 	List	   *tlist = root->targetList;
 
 	tlist = preprocess_targetlist(tlist,
@@ -204,51 +200,12 @@ init_query_planner(Query *root)
 								  root->resultRelation,
 								  root->rtable);
 
-	primary_qual =
-		preprocess_qualification((Expr *) root->qual,
-								 tlist,
-								 &existential_qual);
+	primary_qual = cnfify((Expr *) root->qual, true);
 
-	if (existential_qual == NULL)
-	{
-		return (query_planner(root,
-							  root->commandType,
-							  tlist,
-							  primary_qual));
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		int			temp = root->commandType;
-		Plan	   *existential_plan;
-
-		root->commandType = CMD_SELECT;
-		existential_plan = query_planner(root,
-										 temp,
-										 NIL,
-										 existential_qual);
-
-		exist_plan = make_existential(existential_plan,
-									  query_planner(root,
-													root->commandType,
-													tlist,
-													primary_qual));
-		return ((Plan *) exist_plan);
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * make_existential--
- *	  Instantiates an existential plan node and fills in
- *	  the left and right subtree slots.
- */
-static Existential *
-make_existential(Plan *left, Plan *right)
-{
-	Existential *node = makeNode(Existential);
-
-	node->lefttree = left;
-	node->righttree = left;
-	return (node);
+	return (query_planner(root,
+						  root->commandType,
+						  tlist,
+						  primary_qual));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepqual.c b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepqual.c
index b8313f56cb..ae65df8bf4 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepqual.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepqual.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepqual.c,v 1.6 1997/09/08 21:45:31 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepqual.c,v 1.7 1997/12/18 12:54:15 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -36,42 +36,6 @@ static List *qualcleanup(Expr *qual);
 static List *remove_ands(Expr *qual);
 static List *remove_duplicates(List *list);
 
-/*
- * preprocess-qualification--
- *	  Driver routine for modifying the parse tree qualification.
- *
- * Returns the new base qualification and the existential qualification
- * in existentialQualPtr.
- *
- *	XXX right now, update_clauses() does nothing so
- *		preprocess-qualification simply converts the qual in conjunctive
- *		normal form  (see cnfify() below )
- */
-List	   *
-preprocess_qualification(Expr *qual, List *tlist, List **existentialQualPtr)
-{
-	List	   *cnf_qual = cnfify(qual, true);
-
-/*
-	List *existential_qual =
-		update_clauses(intCons(_query_result_relation_,
-								update_relations(tlist)),
-					   cnf_qual,
-					   _query_command_type_);
-	if (existential_qual) {
-		*existentialQualPtr = existential_qual;
-		return set_difference(cnf_qual, existential_qual);
-	} else {
-		*existentialQualPtr = NIL;
-		return cnf_qual;
-	}
-*/
-	/* update_clauses() is not working right now */
-	*existentialQualPtr = NIL;
-	return cnf_qual;
-
-}
-
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  *		CNF CONVERSION ROUTINES
@@ -607,27 +571,6 @@ remove_ands(Expr *qual)
 	}
 }
 
-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- *		EXISTENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
- *
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-/*
- * update-relations--
- *	  Returns the range table indices (i.e., varnos) for all relations which
- *	  are referenced in the target list.
- *
- */
-#ifdef NOT_USED
-static List *
-update_relations(List *tlist)
-{
-	return (NIL);
-}
-
-#endif
-
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  *
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
index 88afe40120..882d9eabed 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: nodes.h,v 1.19 1997/12/04 23:43:59 thomas Exp $
+ * $Id: nodes.h,v 1.20 1997/12/18 12:54:36 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ typedef enum NodeTag
 	 *---------------------
 	 */
 	T_Plan = 10,
-	T_Existential,
 	T_Result,
 	T_Append,
 	T_Scan,
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h b/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
index 77447935b8..63447c9369 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/plannodes.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: plannodes.h,v 1.10 1997/09/08 21:52:53 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: plannodes.h,v 1.11 1997/12/18 12:54:37 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  *
  * control nodes
  *
- *		Existential				ExistentialState		exstate;
  *		Result					ResultState				resstate;
  *		Append					AppendState				unionstate;
  *
@@ -100,12 +99,6 @@ typedef struct Plan
    when passed around generically in the executor */
 
 
-/* ----------------
- *		existential node
- * ----------------
- */
-typedef Plan Existential;
-
 /* ----------------
  *	 result node -
  *		returns tuples from outer plan that satisfy the qualifications
diff --git a/src/include/optimizer/planmain.h b/src/include/optimizer/planmain.h
index 90d5a632c4..e2683fc61f 100644
--- a/src/include/optimizer/planmain.h
+++ b/src/include/optimizer/planmain.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: planmain.h,v 1.7 1997/12/18 12:21:02 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: planmain.h,v 1.8 1997/12/18 12:54:41 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ extern Agg *make_agg(List *tlist, int nagg, Aggreg **aggs, Plan *lefttree);
 extern Group *make_group(List *tlist, bool tuplePerGroup, int ngrp,
 		   AttrNumber *grpColIdx, Sort *lefttree);
 extern Unique *make_unique(List *tlist, Plan *lefttree, char *uniqueAttr);
-extern List *generate_fjoin(List *tlist);
-
 
 /*
  * prototypes for plan/initsplan.c
diff --git a/src/include/optimizer/prep.h b/src/include/optimizer/prep.h
index 6ef82dfdeb..5040a32b85 100644
--- a/src/include/optimizer/prep.h
+++ b/src/include/optimizer/prep.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: prep.h,v 1.7 1997/11/21 18:12:33 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: prep.h,v 1.8 1997/12/18 12:54:45 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 /*
  * prototypes for prepqual.h
  */
-extern List *
-preprocess_qualification(Expr *qual, List *tlist,
-						 List **existentialQualPtr);
 extern List *cnfify(Expr *qual, bool removeAndFlag);
 
 /*