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Multiple revisions to the GROUP BY reordering tests
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMbWs4-NKLa%2BSs%2BX%3DWR6h0x%3DT07YBJoAz70ZGHzc-2zcHUHb0A%40mail.gmail.com Author: Richard Guo Reviewed-by: Andrei Lepikhov, Alexander Korotkov
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@@ -2728,29 +2728,20 @@ SELECT balk(hundred) FROM tenk1;
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ROLLBACK;
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-- GROUP BY optimization by reorder columns
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-- GROUP BY optimization by reordering GROUP BY clauses
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CREATE TABLE btg AS SELECT
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i % 100 AS x,
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i % 100 AS y,
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i % 10 AS x,
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i % 10 AS y,
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'abc' || i % 10 AS z,
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i AS w
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FROM generate_series(1,10000) AS i;
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CREATE INDEX btg_x_y_idx ON btg(x,y);
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FROM generate_series(1, 100) AS i;
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CREATE INDEX btg_x_y_idx ON btg(x, y);
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ANALYZE btg;
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-- GROUP BY optimization by reorder columns by frequency
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SET enable_hashagg=off;
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SET max_parallel_workers= 0;
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SET max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 0;
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-- Utilize index scan ordering to avoid a Sort operation
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT count(*) FROM btg GROUP BY x,y;
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QUERY PLAN
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------------------------------------------------
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GroupAggregate
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Group Key: x, y
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-> Index Only Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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(3 rows)
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT count(*) FROM btg GROUP BY y,x;
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SET enable_hashagg = off;
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SET enable_seqscan = off;
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-- Utilize the ordering of index scan to avoid a Sort operation
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT count(*) FROM btg GROUP BY y, x;
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QUERY PLAN
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------------------------------------------------
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GroupAggregate
@@ -2759,121 +2750,103 @@ EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT count(*) FROM btg GROUP BY y,x;
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(3 rows)
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-- Engage incremental sort
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,y FROM btg GROUP BY x,y,z,w;
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT count(*) FROM btg GROUP BY z, y, w, x;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------
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Group
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Group Key: x, y, z, w
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: x, y, z, w
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Presorted Key: x, y
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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(6 rows)
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,y FROM btg GROUP BY z,y,w,x;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------
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Group
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GroupAggregate
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Group Key: x, y, z, w
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: x, y, z, w
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Presorted Key: x, y
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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(6 rows)
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,y FROM btg GROUP BY w,z,x,y;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------
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Group
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Group Key: x, y, w, z
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: x, y, w, z
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Presorted Key: x, y
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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(6 rows)
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,y FROM btg GROUP BY w,x,z,y;
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-- Utilize the ordering of subquery scan to avoid a Sort operation
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT count(*)
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FROM (SELECT * FROM btg ORDER BY x, y, w, z) AS q1
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GROUP BY w, x, z, y;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------
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Group
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Group Key: x, y, w, z
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: x, y, w, z
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Presorted Key: x, y
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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(6 rows)
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-- Subqueries
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,y
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FROM (SELECT * FROM btg ORDER BY x,y,w,z) AS q1
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GROUP BY (w,x,z,y);
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------
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Group
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GroupAggregate
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Group Key: btg.x, btg.y, btg.w, btg.z
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: btg.x, btg.y, btg.w, btg.z
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Presorted Key: btg.x, btg.y
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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(6 rows)
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,y
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FROM (SELECT * FROM btg ORDER BY x,y,w,z LIMIT 100) AS q1
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GROUP BY (w,x,z,y);
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------------
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Group
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Group Key: btg.x, btg.y, btg.w, btg.z
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-> Limit
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: btg.x, btg.y, btg.w, btg.z
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Presorted Key: btg.x, btg.y
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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(7 rows)
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-- Utilize the ordering of merge join to avoid a full Sort operation
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SET enable_hashjoin = off;
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SET enable_nestloop = off;
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT count(*)
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FROM btg t1 JOIN btg t2 ON t1.z = t2.z AND t1.w = t2.w AND t1.x = t2.x
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GROUP BY t1.x, t1.y, t1.z, t1.w;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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GroupAggregate
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Group Key: t1.z, t1.w, t1.x, t1.y
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: t1.z, t1.w, t1.x, t1.y
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Presorted Key: t1.z, t1.w, t1.x
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-> Merge Join
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Merge Cond: ((t1.z = t2.z) AND (t1.w = t2.w) AND (t1.x = t2.x))
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: t1.z, t1.w, t1.x
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg t1
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: t2.z, t2.w, t2.x
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg t2
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(13 rows)
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RESET enable_nestloop;
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RESET enable_hashjoin;
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-- Should work with and without GROUP-BY optimization
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,y FROM btg GROUP BY w,x,z,y ORDER BY y,x,z,w;
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QUERY PLAN
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------------------------------
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Group
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT count(*) FROM btg GROUP BY w, x, z, y ORDER BY y, x, z, w;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------
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GroupAggregate
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Group Key: y, x, z, w
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: y, x, z, w
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-> Seq Scan on btg
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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-- Utilize incremental sort to make the ORDER BY rule a bit cheaper
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explain (COSTS OFF) SELECT x,w FROM btg GROUP BY w,x,y,z ORDER BY x*x,z;
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT count(*) FROM btg GROUP BY w, x, y, z ORDER BY x*x, z;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------------
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Sort
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Sort Key: ((x * x)), z
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-> Group
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-> GroupAggregate
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Group Key: x, y, w, z
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: x, y, w, z
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Presorted Key: x, y
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-> Index Scan using btg_x_y_idx on btg
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SET enable_incremental_sort = off;
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-- The case when the number of incoming subtree path keys is more than
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-- Test the case where the number of incoming subtree path keys is more than
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-- the number of grouping keys.
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CREATE INDEX idx_y_x_z ON btg(y,x,w);
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CREATE INDEX btg_y_x_w_idx ON btg(y, x, w);
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EXPLAIN (VERBOSE, COSTS OFF)
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SELECT y,x,array_agg(distinct w) FROM btg WHERE y < 0 GROUP BY x,y;
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QUERY PLAN
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-----------------------------------------------------
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SELECT y, x, array_agg(distinct w)
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FROM btg WHERE y < 0 GROUP BY x, y;
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QUERY PLAN
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---------------------------------------------------------
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GroupAggregate
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Output: y, x, array_agg(DISTINCT w)
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Group Key: btg.y, btg.x
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-> Index Only Scan using idx_y_x_z on public.btg
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-> Index Only Scan using btg_y_x_w_idx on public.btg
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Output: y, x, w
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Index Cond: (btg.y < 0)
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RESET enable_incremental_sort;
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-- Check we don't pick aggregate path key instead of grouping path key
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-- Ensure that we do not select the aggregate pathkeys instead of the grouping
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-- pathkeys
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CREATE TABLE group_agg_pk AS SELECT
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i % 10 AS x,
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i % 2 AS y,
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ANALYZE group_agg_pk;
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SET enable_nestloop = off;
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SET enable_hashjoin = off;
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SELECT
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c1.z, c1.w, string_agg(''::text, repeat(''::text, c1.f) ORDER BY c1.x,c1.y)
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FROM group_agg_pk c1 JOIN group_agg_pk c2 ON (c1.x = c2.f)
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT avg(c1.f ORDER BY c1.x, c1.y)
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FROM group_agg_pk c1 JOIN group_agg_pk c2 ON c1.x = c2.x
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GROUP BY c1.w, c1.z;
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z | w | string_agg
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---+---+------------
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0 | 2 |
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1 | 2 |
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QUERY PLAN
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-----------------------------------------------------
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GroupAggregate
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Group Key: c1.w, c1.z
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: c1.w, c1.z, c1.x, c1.y
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-> Merge Join
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Merge Cond: (c1.x = c2.x)
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: c1.x
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-> Seq Scan on group_agg_pk c1
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: c2.x
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-> Seq Scan on group_agg_pk c2
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(12 rows)
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SELECT avg(c1.f ORDER BY c1.x, c1.y)
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FROM group_agg_pk c1 JOIN group_agg_pk c2 ON c1.x = c2.x
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GROUP BY c1.w, c1.z;
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avg
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--------------------
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4.0000000000000000
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5.0000000000000000
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RESET enable_nestloop;
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RESET enable_hashjoin;
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DROP TABLE group_agg_pk;
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-- The case, when scanning sort order correspond to aggregate sort order but
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-- can not be found in the group-by list
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-- Test the case where the the ordering of scan matches the ordering within the
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-- aggregate but cannot be found in the group-by list
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CREATE TABLE agg_sort_order (c1 int PRIMARY KEY, c2 int);
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CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ON agg_sort_order(c2);
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explain (costs off)
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CREATE UNIQUE INDEX agg_sort_order_c2_idx ON agg_sort_order(c2);
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INSERT INTO agg_sort_order SELECT i, i FROM generate_series(1,100)i;
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ANALYZE agg_sort_order;
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EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT array_agg(c1 ORDER BY c2),c2
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QUERY PLAN
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QUERY PLAN
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-> GroupAggregate
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Group Key: c1
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-> Sort
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-> Bitmap Heap Scan on agg_sort_order
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Recheck Cond: (c2 < 100)
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-> Bitmap Index Scan on agg_sort_order_c2_idx
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Index Cond: (c2 < 100)
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-> Index Scan using agg_sort_order_c2_idx on agg_sort_order
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DROP TABLE agg_sort_order CASCADE;
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-- Check, that GROUP-BY reordering optimization can operate with pathkeys, built
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SET enable_hashjoin = off;
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SET enable_nestloop = off;
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explain (COSTS OFF)
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SELECT b1.x,b1.w FROM btg b1 JOIN btg b2 ON (b1.z=b2.z AND b1.w=b2.w)
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GROUP BY b1.x,b1.z,b1.w ORDER BY b1.z, b1.w, b1.x*b1.x;
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QUERY PLAN
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-------------------------------------------------------------------
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Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: b1.z, b1.w, ((b1.x * b1.x))
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Presorted Key: b1.z, b1.w
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-> Group
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Group Key: b1.z, b1.w, b1.x
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-> Incremental Sort
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Sort Key: b1.z, b1.w, b1.x
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Presorted Key: b1.z, b1.w
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-> Merge Join
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Merge Cond: ((b1.z = b2.z) AND (b1.w = b2.w))
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: b1.z, b1.w
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-> Seq Scan on btg b1
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-> Sort
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Sort Key: b2.z, b2.w
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-> Seq Scan on btg b2
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RESET enable_nestloop;
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DROP TABLE btg;
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RESET enable_hashagg;
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RESET max_parallel_workers;
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RESET max_parallel_workers_per_gather;
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RESET enable_seqscan;
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-- Secondly test the case of a parallel aggregate combiner function
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-- returning NULL. For that use normal transition function, but a
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-- combiner function returning NULL.

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