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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c index 03be7b1fe88..5777cb2ff0c 100644 --- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c +++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c @@ -1021,10 +1021,15 @@ get_cheapest_parameterized_child_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, * accumulate_append_subpath * Add a subpath to the list being built for an Append or MergeAppend * - * It's possible that the child is itself an Append path, in which case - * we can "cut out the middleman" and just add its child paths to our - * own list. (We don't try to do this earlier because we need to - * apply both levels of transformation to the quals.) + * It's possible that the child is itself an Append or MergeAppend path, in + * which case we can "cut out the middleman" and just add its child paths to + * our own list. (We don't try to do this earlier because we need to apply + * both levels of transformation to the quals.) + * + * Note that if we omit a child MergeAppend in this way, we are effectively + * omitting a sort step, which seems fine: if the parent is to be an Append, + * its result would be unsorted anyway, while if the parent is to be a + * MergeAppend, there's no point in a separate sort on a child. */ static List * accumulate_append_subpath(List *subpaths, Path *path) @@ -1036,6 +1041,13 @@ accumulate_append_subpath(List *subpaths, Path *path) /* list_copy is important here to avoid sharing list substructure */ return list_concat(subpaths, list_copy(apath->subpaths)); } + else if (IsA(path, MergeAppendPath)) + { + MergeAppendPath *mpath = (MergeAppendPath *) path; + + /* list_copy is important here to avoid sharing list substructure */ + return list_concat(subpaths, list_copy(mpath->subpaths)); + } else return lappend(subpaths, path); } |