The last test case in select_parallel.sql, added in commit dc1057fc,
currently generates a plan like this:
CREATE VIEW tenk1_vw_sec WITH (security_barrier) AS SELECT * FROM tenk1;
EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
SELECT 1 FROM tenk1_vw_sec WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 WHERE unique1 = 0);
QUERY PLAN
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Subquery Scan on tenk1_vw_sec
Filter: (alternatives: SubPlan 1 or hashed SubPlan 2)
-> Gather
Workers Planned: 4
-> Parallel Index Only Scan using tenk1_unique1 on tenk1
SubPlan 1
-> Result
One-Time Filter: (tenk1_vw_sec.unique1 = 0)
SubPlan 2
-> Result
(10 rows)
I have been fooling around with a patch to allow pull-up of sub-selects
that lack any FROM, along the lines discussed in
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/15944.1521127664@sss.pgh.pa.us
I find that it is smart enough to reduce that EXISTS to a plain
expression, yielding
QUERY PLAN
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Subquery Scan on tenk1_vw_sec
-> Index Only Scan using tenk1_unique1 on tenk1
Index Cond: (unique1 = 0)
(3 rows)
While that's obviously a far better plan, it does not meet this test
case's stated goal of testing the interaction of subqueries with
parallel query. Could you suggest a less trivial subquery that will
still do what you intended?
regards, tom lane
