postgresql/src/backend/optimizer/util/plancat.c
2010-09-20 22:08:53 +02:00

884 lines
26 KiB
C

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* plancat.c
* routines for accessing the system catalogs
*
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* src/backend/optimizer/util/plancat.c
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#include "postgres.h"
#include <math.h>
#include "access/genam.h"
#include "access/heapam.h"
#include "access/sysattr.h"
#include "access/transam.h"
#include "catalog/catalog.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
#include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
#include "optimizer/clauses.h"
#include "optimizer/cost.h"
#include "optimizer/plancat.h"
#include "optimizer/predtest.h"
#include "optimizer/prep.h"
#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
#include "parser/parsetree.h"
#include "rewrite/rewriteManip.h"
#include "storage/bufmgr.h"
#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
#include "utils/rel.h"
#include "utils/snapmgr.h"
/* GUC parameter */
int constraint_exclusion = CONSTRAINT_EXCLUSION_PARTITION;
/* Hook for plugins to get control in get_relation_info() */
get_relation_info_hook_type get_relation_info_hook = NULL;
static List *get_relation_constraints(PlannerInfo *root,
Oid relationObjectId, RelOptInfo *rel,
bool include_notnull);
/*
* get_relation_info -
* Retrieves catalog information for a given relation.
*
* Given the Oid of the relation, return the following info into fields
* of the RelOptInfo struct:
*
* min_attr lowest valid AttrNumber
* max_attr highest valid AttrNumber
* indexlist list of IndexOptInfos for relation's indexes
* pages number of pages
* tuples number of tuples
*
* Also, initialize the attr_needed[] and attr_widths[] arrays. In most
* cases these are left as zeroes, but sometimes we need to compute attr
* widths here, and we may as well cache the results for costsize.c.
*
* If inhparent is true, all we need to do is set up the attr arrays:
* the RelOptInfo actually represents the appendrel formed by an inheritance
* tree, and so the parent rel's physical size and index information isn't
* important for it.
*/
void
get_relation_info(PlannerInfo *root, Oid relationObjectId, bool inhparent,
RelOptInfo *rel)
{
Index varno = rel->relid;
Relation relation;
bool hasindex;
List *indexinfos = NIL;
/*
* We need not lock the relation since it was already locked, either by
* the rewriter or when expand_inherited_rtentry() added it to the query's
* rangetable.
*/
relation = heap_open(relationObjectId, NoLock);
rel->min_attr = FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber + 1;
rel->max_attr = RelationGetNumberOfAttributes(relation);
rel->reltablespace = RelationGetForm(relation)->reltablespace;
Assert(rel->max_attr >= rel->min_attr);
rel->attr_needed = (Relids *)
palloc0((rel->max_attr - rel->min_attr + 1) * sizeof(Relids));
rel->attr_widths = (int32 *)
palloc0((rel->max_attr - rel->min_attr + 1) * sizeof(int32));
/*
* Estimate relation size --- unless it's an inheritance parent, in which
* case the size will be computed later in set_append_rel_pathlist, and we
* must leave it zero for now to avoid bollixing the total_table_pages
* calculation.
*/
if (!inhparent)
estimate_rel_size(relation, rel->attr_widths - rel->min_attr,
&rel->pages, &rel->tuples);
/*
* Make list of indexes. Ignore indexes on system catalogs if told to.
* Don't bother with indexes for an inheritance parent, either.
*/
if (inhparent ||
(IgnoreSystemIndexes && IsSystemClass(relation->rd_rel)))
hasindex = false;
else
hasindex = relation->rd_rel->relhasindex;
if (hasindex)
{
List *indexoidlist;
ListCell *l;
LOCKMODE lmode;
indexoidlist = RelationGetIndexList(relation);
/*
* For each index, we get the same type of lock that the executor will
* need, and do not release it. This saves a couple of trips to the
* shared lock manager while not creating any real loss of
* concurrency, because no schema changes could be happening on the
* index while we hold lock on the parent rel, and neither lock type
* blocks any other kind of index operation.
*/
if (rel->relid == root->parse->resultRelation)
lmode = RowExclusiveLock;
else
lmode = AccessShareLock;
foreach(l, indexoidlist)
{
Oid indexoid = lfirst_oid(l);
Relation indexRelation;
Form_pg_index index;
IndexOptInfo *info;
int ncolumns;
int i;
/*
* Extract info from the relation descriptor for the index.
*/
indexRelation = index_open(indexoid, lmode);
index = indexRelation->rd_index;
/*
* Ignore invalid indexes, since they can't safely be used for
* queries. Note that this is OK because the data structure we
* are constructing is only used by the planner --- the executor
* still needs to insert into "invalid" indexes!
*/
if (!index->indisvalid)
{
index_close(indexRelation, NoLock);
continue;
}
/*
* If the index is valid, but cannot yet be used, ignore it; but
* mark the plan we are generating as transient. See
* src/backend/access/heap/README.HOT for discussion.
*/
if (index->indcheckxmin &&
!TransactionIdPrecedes(HeapTupleHeaderGetXmin(indexRelation->rd_indextuple->t_data),
TransactionXmin))
{
root->glob->transientPlan = true;
index_close(indexRelation, NoLock);
continue;
}
info = makeNode(IndexOptInfo);
info->indexoid = index->indexrelid;
info->reltablespace =
RelationGetForm(indexRelation)->reltablespace;
info->rel = rel;
info->ncolumns = ncolumns = index->indnatts;
/*
* Allocate per-column info arrays. To save a few palloc cycles
* we allocate all the Oid-type arrays in one request. Note that
* the opfamily array needs an extra, terminating zero at the end.
* We pre-zero the ordering info in case the index is unordered.
*/
info->indexkeys = (int *) palloc(sizeof(int) * ncolumns);
info->opfamily = (Oid *) palloc0(sizeof(Oid) * (4 * ncolumns + 1));
info->opcintype = info->opfamily + (ncolumns + 1);
info->fwdsortop = info->opcintype + ncolumns;
info->revsortop = info->fwdsortop + ncolumns;
info->nulls_first = (bool *) palloc0(sizeof(bool) * ncolumns);
for (i = 0; i < ncolumns; i++)
{
info->indexkeys[i] = index->indkey.values[i];
info->opfamily[i] = indexRelation->rd_opfamily[i];
info->opcintype[i] = indexRelation->rd_opcintype[i];
}
info->relam = indexRelation->rd_rel->relam;
info->amcostestimate = indexRelation->rd_am->amcostestimate;
info->amoptionalkey = indexRelation->rd_am->amoptionalkey;
info->amsearchnulls = indexRelation->rd_am->amsearchnulls;
info->amhasgettuple = OidIsValid(indexRelation->rd_am->amgettuple);
info->amhasgetbitmap = OidIsValid(indexRelation->rd_am->amgetbitmap);
/*
* Fetch the ordering operators associated with the index, if any.
* We expect that all ordering-capable indexes use btree's
* strategy numbers for the ordering operators.
*/
if (indexRelation->rd_am->amcanorder)
{
int nstrat = indexRelation->rd_am->amstrategies;
for (i = 0; i < ncolumns; i++)
{
int16 opt = indexRelation->rd_indoption[i];
int fwdstrat;
int revstrat;
if (opt & INDOPTION_DESC)
{
fwdstrat = BTGreaterStrategyNumber;
revstrat = BTLessStrategyNumber;
}
else
{
fwdstrat = BTLessStrategyNumber;
revstrat = BTGreaterStrategyNumber;
}
/*
* Index AM must have a fixed set of strategies for it to
* make sense to specify amcanorder, so we need not allow
* the case amstrategies == 0.
*/
if (fwdstrat > 0)
{
Assert(fwdstrat <= nstrat);
info->fwdsortop[i] = indexRelation->rd_operator[i * nstrat + fwdstrat - 1];
}
if (revstrat > 0)
{
Assert(revstrat <= nstrat);
info->revsortop[i] = indexRelation->rd_operator[i * nstrat + revstrat - 1];
}
info->nulls_first[i] = (opt & INDOPTION_NULLS_FIRST) != 0;
}
}
/*
* Fetch the index expressions and predicate, if any. We must
* modify the copies we obtain from the relcache to have the
* correct varno for the parent relation, so that they match up
* correctly against qual clauses.
*/
info->indexprs = RelationGetIndexExpressions(indexRelation);
info->indpred = RelationGetIndexPredicate(indexRelation);
if (info->indexprs && varno != 1)
ChangeVarNodes((Node *) info->indexprs, 1, varno, 0);
if (info->indpred && varno != 1)
ChangeVarNodes((Node *) info->indpred, 1, varno, 0);
info->predOK = false; /* set later in indxpath.c */
info->unique = index->indisunique;
/*
* Estimate the index size. If it's not a partial index, we lock
* the number-of-tuples estimate to equal the parent table; if it
* is partial then we have to use the same methods as we would for
* a table, except we can be sure that the index is not larger
* than the table.
*/
if (info->indpred == NIL)
{
info->pages = RelationGetNumberOfBlocks(indexRelation);
info->tuples = rel->tuples;
}
else
{
estimate_rel_size(indexRelation, NULL,
&info->pages, &info->tuples);
if (info->tuples > rel->tuples)
info->tuples = rel->tuples;
}
index_close(indexRelation, NoLock);
indexinfos = lcons(info, indexinfos);
}
list_free(indexoidlist);
}
rel->indexlist = indexinfos;
heap_close(relation, NoLock);
/*
* Allow a plugin to editorialize on the info we obtained from the
* catalogs. Actions might include altering the assumed relation size,
* removing an index, or adding a hypothetical index to the indexlist.
*/
if (get_relation_info_hook)
(*get_relation_info_hook) (root, relationObjectId, inhparent, rel);
}
/*
* estimate_rel_size - estimate # pages and # tuples in a table or index
*
* If attr_widths isn't NULL, it points to the zero-index entry of the
* relation's attr_width[] cache; we fill this in if we have need to compute
* the attribute widths for estimation purposes.
*/
void
estimate_rel_size(Relation rel, int32 *attr_widths,
BlockNumber *pages, double *tuples)
{
BlockNumber curpages;
BlockNumber relpages;
double reltuples;
double density;
switch (rel->rd_rel->relkind)
{
case RELKIND_RELATION:
case RELKIND_INDEX:
case RELKIND_TOASTVALUE:
/* it has storage, ok to call the smgr */
curpages = RelationGetNumberOfBlocks(rel);
/*
* HACK: if the relation has never yet been vacuumed, use a
* minimum estimate of 10 pages. This emulates a desirable aspect
* of pre-8.0 behavior, which is that we wouldn't assume a newly
* created relation is really small, which saves us from making
* really bad plans during initial data loading. (The plans are
* not wrong when they are made, but if they are cached and used
* again after the table has grown a lot, they are bad.) It would
* be better to force replanning if the table size has changed a
* lot since the plan was made ... but we don't currently have any
* infrastructure for redoing cached plans at all, so we have to
* kluge things here instead.
*
* We approximate "never vacuumed" by "has relpages = 0", which
* means this will also fire on genuinely empty relations. Not
* great, but fortunately that's a seldom-seen case in the real
* world, and it shouldn't degrade the quality of the plan too
* much anyway to err in this direction.
*/
if (curpages < 10 && rel->rd_rel->relpages == 0)
curpages = 10;
/* report estimated # pages */
*pages = curpages;
/* quick exit if rel is clearly empty */
if (curpages == 0)
{
*tuples = 0;
break;
}
/* coerce values in pg_class to more desirable types */
relpages = (BlockNumber) rel->rd_rel->relpages;
reltuples = (double) rel->rd_rel->reltuples;
/*
* If it's an index, discount the metapage. This is a kluge
* because it assumes more than it ought to about index contents;
* it's reasonably OK for btrees but a bit suspect otherwise.
*/
if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_INDEX &&
relpages > 0)
{
curpages--;
relpages--;
}
/* estimate number of tuples from previous tuple density */
if (relpages > 0)
density = reltuples / (double) relpages;
else
{
/*
* When we have no data because the relation was truncated,
* estimate tuple width from attribute datatypes. We assume
* here that the pages are completely full, which is OK for
* tables (since they've presumably not been VACUUMed yet) but
* is probably an overestimate for indexes. Fortunately
* get_relation_info() can clamp the overestimate to the
* parent table's size.
*
* Note: this code intentionally disregards alignment
* considerations, because (a) that would be gilding the lily
* considering how crude the estimate is, and (b) it creates
* platform dependencies in the default plans which are kind
* of a headache for regression testing.
*/
int32 tuple_width = 0;
int i;
for (i = 1; i <= RelationGetNumberOfAttributes(rel); i++)
{
Form_pg_attribute att = rel->rd_att->attrs[i - 1];
int32 item_width;
if (att->attisdropped)
continue;
/* This should match set_rel_width() in costsize.c */
item_width = get_attavgwidth(RelationGetRelid(rel), i);
if (item_width <= 0)
{
item_width = get_typavgwidth(att->atttypid,
att->atttypmod);
Assert(item_width > 0);
}
if (attr_widths != NULL)
attr_widths[i] = item_width;
tuple_width += item_width;
}
tuple_width += sizeof(HeapTupleHeaderData);
tuple_width += sizeof(ItemPointerData);
/* note: integer division is intentional here */
density = (BLCKSZ - SizeOfPageHeaderData) / tuple_width;
}
*tuples = rint(density * (double) curpages);
break;
case RELKIND_SEQUENCE:
/* Sequences always have a known size */
*pages = 1;
*tuples = 1;
break;
default:
/* else it has no disk storage; probably shouldn't get here? */
*pages = 0;
*tuples = 0;
break;
}
}
/*
* get_relation_constraints
*
* Retrieve the CHECK constraint expressions of the given relation.
*
* Returns a List (possibly empty) of constraint expressions. Each one
* has been canonicalized, and its Vars are changed to have the varno
* indicated by rel->relid. This allows the expressions to be easily
* compared to expressions taken from WHERE.
*
* If include_notnull is true, "col IS NOT NULL" expressions are generated
* and added to the result for each column that's marked attnotnull.
*
* Note: at present this is invoked at most once per relation per planner
* run, and in many cases it won't be invoked at all, so there seems no
* point in caching the data in RelOptInfo.
*/
static List *
get_relation_constraints(PlannerInfo *root,
Oid relationObjectId, RelOptInfo *rel,
bool include_notnull)
{
List *result = NIL;
Index varno = rel->relid;
Relation relation;
TupleConstr *constr;
/*
* We assume the relation has already been safely locked.
*/
relation = heap_open(relationObjectId, NoLock);
constr = relation->rd_att->constr;
if (constr != NULL)
{
int num_check = constr->num_check;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < num_check; i++)
{
Node *cexpr;
cexpr = stringToNode(constr->check[i].ccbin);
/*
* Run each expression through const-simplification and
* canonicalization. This is not just an optimization, but is
* necessary, because we will be comparing it to
* similarly-processed qual clauses, and may fail to detect valid
* matches without this. This must match the processing done to
* qual clauses in preprocess_expression()! (We can skip the
* stuff involving subqueries, however, since we don't allow any
* in check constraints.)
*/
cexpr = eval_const_expressions(root, cexpr);
cexpr = (Node *) canonicalize_qual((Expr *) cexpr);
/*
* Also mark any coercion format fields as "don't care", so that
* we can match to both explicit and implicit coercions.
*/
set_coercionform_dontcare(cexpr);
/* Fix Vars to have the desired varno */
if (varno != 1)
ChangeVarNodes(cexpr, 1, varno, 0);
/*
* Finally, convert to implicit-AND format (that is, a List) and
* append the resulting item(s) to our output list.
*/
result = list_concat(result,
make_ands_implicit((Expr *) cexpr));
}
/* Add NOT NULL constraints in expression form, if requested */
if (include_notnull && constr->has_not_null)
{
int natts = relation->rd_att->natts;
for (i = 1; i <= natts; i++)
{
Form_pg_attribute att = relation->rd_att->attrs[i - 1];
if (att->attnotnull && !att->attisdropped)
{
NullTest *ntest = makeNode(NullTest);
ntest->arg = (Expr *) makeVar(varno,
i,
att->atttypid,
att->atttypmod,
0);
ntest->nulltesttype = IS_NOT_NULL;
ntest->argisrow = type_is_rowtype(att->atttypid);
result = lappend(result, ntest);
}
}
}
}
heap_close(relation, NoLock);
return result;
}
/*
* relation_excluded_by_constraints
*
* Detect whether the relation need not be scanned because it has either
* self-inconsistent restrictions, or restrictions inconsistent with the
* relation's CHECK constraints.
*
* Note: this examines only rel->relid, rel->reloptkind, and
* rel->baserestrictinfo; therefore it can be called before filling in
* other fields of the RelOptInfo.
*/
bool
relation_excluded_by_constraints(PlannerInfo *root,
RelOptInfo *rel, RangeTblEntry *rte)
{
List *safe_restrictions;
List *constraint_pred;
List *safe_constraints;
ListCell *lc;
/* Skip the test if constraint exclusion is disabled for the rel */
if (constraint_exclusion == CONSTRAINT_EXCLUSION_OFF ||
(constraint_exclusion == CONSTRAINT_EXCLUSION_PARTITION &&
!(rel->reloptkind == RELOPT_OTHER_MEMBER_REL ||
(root->hasInheritedTarget &&
rel->reloptkind == RELOPT_BASEREL &&
rel->relid == root->parse->resultRelation))))
return false;
/*
* Check for self-contradictory restriction clauses. We dare not make
* deductions with non-immutable functions, but any immutable clauses that
* are self-contradictory allow us to conclude the scan is unnecessary.
*
* Note: strip off RestrictInfo because predicate_refuted_by() isn't
* expecting to see any in its predicate argument.
*/
safe_restrictions = NIL;
foreach(lc, rel->baserestrictinfo)
{
RestrictInfo *rinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(lc);
if (!contain_mutable_functions((Node *) rinfo->clause))
safe_restrictions = lappend(safe_restrictions, rinfo->clause);
}
if (predicate_refuted_by(safe_restrictions, safe_restrictions))
return true;
/* Only plain relations have constraints */
if (rte->rtekind != RTE_RELATION || rte->inh)
return false;
/*
* OK to fetch the constraint expressions. Include "col IS NOT NULL"
* expressions for attnotnull columns, in case we can refute those.
*/
constraint_pred = get_relation_constraints(root, rte->relid, rel, true);
/*
* We do not currently enforce that CHECK constraints contain only
* immutable functions, so it's necessary to check here. We daren't draw
* conclusions from plan-time evaluation of non-immutable functions. Since
* they're ANDed, we can just ignore any mutable constraints in the list,
* and reason about the rest.
*/
safe_constraints = NIL;
foreach(lc, constraint_pred)
{
Node *pred = (Node *) lfirst(lc);
if (!contain_mutable_functions(pred))
safe_constraints = lappend(safe_constraints, pred);
}
/*
* The constraints are effectively ANDed together, so we can just try to
* refute the entire collection at once. This may allow us to make proofs
* that would fail if we took them individually.
*
* Note: we use rel->baserestrictinfo, not safe_restrictions as might seem
* an obvious optimization. Some of the clauses might be OR clauses that
* have volatile and nonvolatile subclauses, and it's OK to make
* deductions with the nonvolatile parts.
*/
if (predicate_refuted_by(safe_constraints, rel->baserestrictinfo))
return true;
return false;
}
/*
* build_physical_tlist
*
* Build a targetlist consisting of exactly the relation's user attributes,
* in order. The executor can special-case such tlists to avoid a projection
* step at runtime, so we use such tlists preferentially for scan nodes.
*
* Exception: if there are any dropped columns, we punt and return NIL.
* Ideally we would like to handle the dropped-column case too. However this
* creates problems for ExecTypeFromTL, which may be asked to build a tupdesc
* for a tlist that includes vars of no-longer-existent types. In theory we
* could dig out the required info from the pg_attribute entries of the
* relation, but that data is not readily available to ExecTypeFromTL.
* For now, we don't apply the physical-tlist optimization when there are
* dropped cols.
*
* We also support building a "physical" tlist for subqueries, functions,
* values lists, and CTEs, since the same optimization can occur in
* SubqueryScan, FunctionScan, ValuesScan, CteScan, and WorkTableScan nodes.
*/
List *
build_physical_tlist(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel)
{
List *tlist = NIL;
Index varno = rel->relid;
RangeTblEntry *rte = planner_rt_fetch(varno, root);
Relation relation;
Query *subquery;
Var *var;
ListCell *l;
int attrno,
numattrs;
List *colvars;
switch (rte->rtekind)
{
case RTE_RELATION:
/* Assume we already have adequate lock */
relation = heap_open(rte->relid, NoLock);
numattrs = RelationGetNumberOfAttributes(relation);
for (attrno = 1; attrno <= numattrs; attrno++)
{
Form_pg_attribute att_tup = relation->rd_att->attrs[attrno - 1];
if (att_tup->attisdropped)
{
/* found a dropped col, so punt */
tlist = NIL;
break;
}
var = makeVar(varno,
attrno,
att_tup->atttypid,
att_tup->atttypmod,
0);
tlist = lappend(tlist,
makeTargetEntry((Expr *) var,
attrno,
NULL,
false));
}
heap_close(relation, NoLock);
break;
case RTE_SUBQUERY:
subquery = rte->subquery;
foreach(l, subquery->targetList)
{
TargetEntry *tle = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(l);
/*
* A resjunk column of the subquery can be reflected as
* resjunk in the physical tlist; we need not punt.
*/
var = makeVarFromTargetEntry(varno, tle);
tlist = lappend(tlist,
makeTargetEntry((Expr *) var,
tle->resno,
NULL,
tle->resjunk));
}
break;
case RTE_FUNCTION:
case RTE_VALUES:
case RTE_CTE:
/* Not all of these can have dropped cols, but share code anyway */
expandRTE(rte, varno, 0, -1, true /* include dropped */ ,
NULL, &colvars);
foreach(l, colvars)
{
var = (Var *) lfirst(l);
/*
* A non-Var in expandRTE's output means a dropped column;
* must punt.
*/
if (!IsA(var, Var))
{
tlist = NIL;
break;
}
tlist = lappend(tlist,
makeTargetEntry((Expr *) var,
var->varattno,
NULL,
false));
}
break;
default:
/* caller error */
elog(ERROR, "unsupported RTE kind %d in build_physical_tlist",
(int) rte->rtekind);
break;
}
return tlist;
}
/*
* restriction_selectivity
*
* Returns the selectivity of a specified restriction operator clause.
* This code executes registered procedures stored in the
* operator relation, by calling the function manager.
*
* See clause_selectivity() for the meaning of the additional parameters.
*/
Selectivity
restriction_selectivity(PlannerInfo *root,
Oid operatorid,
List *args,
int varRelid)
{
RegProcedure oprrest = get_oprrest(operatorid);
float8 result;
/*
* if the oprrest procedure is missing for whatever reason, use a
* selectivity of 0.5
*/
if (!oprrest)
return (Selectivity) 0.5;
result = DatumGetFloat8(OidFunctionCall4(oprrest,
PointerGetDatum(root),
ObjectIdGetDatum(operatorid),
PointerGetDatum(args),
Int32GetDatum(varRelid)));
if (result < 0.0 || result > 1.0)
elog(ERROR, "invalid restriction selectivity: %f", result);
return (Selectivity) result;
}
/*
* join_selectivity
*
* Returns the selectivity of a specified join operator clause.
* This code executes registered procedures stored in the
* operator relation, by calling the function manager.
*/
Selectivity
join_selectivity(PlannerInfo *root,
Oid operatorid,
List *args,
JoinType jointype,
SpecialJoinInfo *sjinfo)
{
RegProcedure oprjoin = get_oprjoin(operatorid);
float8 result;
/*
* if the oprjoin procedure is missing for whatever reason, use a
* selectivity of 0.5
*/
if (!oprjoin)
return (Selectivity) 0.5;
result = DatumGetFloat8(OidFunctionCall5(oprjoin,
PointerGetDatum(root),
ObjectIdGetDatum(operatorid),
PointerGetDatum(args),
Int16GetDatum(jointype),
PointerGetDatum(sjinfo)));
if (result < 0.0 || result > 1.0)
elog(ERROR, "invalid join selectivity: %f", result);
return (Selectivity) result;
}
/*
* has_unique_index
*
* Detect whether there is a unique index on the specified attribute
* of the specified relation, thus allowing us to conclude that all
* the (non-null) values of the attribute are distinct.
*/
bool
has_unique_index(RelOptInfo *rel, AttrNumber attno)
{
ListCell *ilist;
foreach(ilist, rel->indexlist)
{
IndexOptInfo *index = (IndexOptInfo *) lfirst(ilist);
/*
* Note: ignore partial indexes, since they don't allow us to conclude
* that all attr values are distinct, *unless* they are marked predOK
* which means we know the index's predicate is satisfied by the
* query. We don't take any interest in expressional indexes either.
* Also, a multicolumn unique index doesn't allow us to conclude that
* just the specified attr is unique.
*/
if (index->unique &&
index->ncolumns == 1 &&
index->indexkeys[0] == attno &&
(index->indpred == NIL || index->predOK))
return true;
}
return false;
}