Forward referencing of table aliases in subqueries does not work in 9.1 beta2 ( works in 9.0 and 8.4.2 ) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From BangarRaju Vadapalli
Subject Forward referencing of table aliases in subqueries does not work in 9.1 beta2 ( works in 9.0 and 8.4.2 )
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Msg-id 3DF304319BFE284182A530654E0263831CB280D81B@INHYWEXMB2.infor.com
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Responses Re: Forward referencing of table aliases in subqueries does not work in 9.1 beta2 ( works in 9.0 and 8.4.2 )  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi Everybody,

 

         We have a view defined like below.

 

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW dim_agg_instr_actuals_view AS  SELECT dbai.dim_base_agg_instr_key AS instr_key, dba.dim_base_key AS basekey, dl.datamart_letter, dba.agg_number AS aggnum, dl.enabled, dba.dim_base_agg_key, dbai.dim_base_name, dbai.dim_base_agg_name, dl.dim_base_agg_letter_key, dl.agg_size

   FROM dim_base_agg_instr_view dbai, dim_base_agg dba, dim_base_agg_letter dl

  WHERE dba.dim_base_agg_key = dl.dim_base_agg_key AND dbai.dim_base_key = dba.dim_base_key AND NOT (EXISTS ( SELECT 1

           FROM dim_base_agg_instr_def dbaid

          WHERE dbai.dim_base_agg_instr_key = dbaid.dim_base_agg_instr_key AND NOT (EXISTS ( SELECT 1

                   FROM dim_base_agg_col dbac

                  WHERE dba.dim_base_agg_key = dbac.dim_base_agg_key AND dbac.dim_col_key = dbaid.dim_col_key)))) AND NOT (EXISTS ( SELECT 1

           FROM dim_base_agg_col dbac

          WHERE dba.dim_base_agg_key = dbac.dim_base_agg_key AND NOT (EXISTS ( SELECT 1

                   FROM dim_base_agg_instr_def dbaid

                  WHERE dbai.dim_base_agg_instr_key = dbaid.dim_base_agg_instr_key AND dbac.dim_col_key = dbaid.dim_col_key))));

 

ALTER TABLE dim_agg_instr_actuals_view OWNER TO postgres;

 

The select query for creating the view is executing fine in 8.4.2. But not in 9.1 beta2. The issue is forward referencing of table aliases in subqueries is not working fine in 9.1 beta2.For example dbai alias in the query below...

 

      SELECT 1

           FROM dim_base_agg_instr_def dbaid

          WHERE dbai.dim_base_agg_instr_key = dbaid.dim_base_agg_instr_key

 

      Any reason why this functionality is disabled in 9.1 beta 2 ?

 

Thanks,

Bangar Raju

 

 

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