For example, implementing `SELECT DISTINCT` (#1517) and `UNION` (#1545)
require that we are able to create indexes without a rowid column
present. Similarly, `WITHOUT ROWID` tables require this.
I implemented this by replacing the `rowid` and `empty_record`
properties in `BtreeCursor` with
```rust
/// Whether the cursor is currently pointing to a record.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
enum CursorHasRecord {
Yes {
rowid: Option<u64>, // not all indexes and btrees have rowids, so this is optional.
},
No,
}
```
Reviewed-by: Pere Diaz Bou <pere-altea@homail.com>
Closes#1518
Previously the Operation enum consisted of:
- Operation::Scan
- Operation::Search
- Operation::Subquery
Which was always a dumb hack because what we really are doing is an
Operation::Scan on a "virtual"/"pseudo" table (overloaded names...)
derived from a subquery appearing in the FROM clause.
Hence, refactor the relevant data structures so that the Table enum now
contains a new variant:
Table::FromClauseSubquery
And the Operation enum only consists of Scan and Search.
```
SELECT * FROM (SELECT ...) sub;
-- the subquery here was previously interpreted as Operation::Subquery on a Table::Pseudo,
-- with a lot of special handling for Operation::Subquery in different code paths
-- now it's an Operation::Scan on a Table::FromClauseSubquery
```
No functional changes (intended, at least!)
Reviewed-by: Pere Diaz Bou <pere-altea@homail.com>
Closes#1529
Reviewable commit by commit. CI failures are not related.
Adds support for e.g. `select first_name, sum(distinct age),
count(distinct age), avg(distinct age) from users group by 1`
Implementation details:
- Creates an ephemeral index per distinct aggregate, and jumps over the
accumulation step if a duplicate is found
Closes#1507
Previously the Operation enum consisted of:
- Operation::Scan
- Operation::Search
- Operation::Subquery
Which was always a dumb hack because what we really are doing is
an Operation::Scan on a "virtual"/"pseudo" table (overloaded names...)
derived from a subquery appearing in the FROM clause.
Hence, refactor the relevant data structures so that the Table enum
now contains a new variant:
Table::FromClauseSubquery
And the Operation enum only consists of Scan and Search.
No functional changes (intended, at least!)
We've run into trouble in multiple places due to the fact that
we delete terms from the where clause (e.g. when a constant condition
is removed, or the term becomes part of an index seek key).
A simpler solution is to add a flag indicating that the term is
consumed (used), so that it is not translated in the main loop
anymore when WHERE clause terms are evaluated.
In left joins, even if the join condition is not matched, the system
must emit a row for every row of the outer table:
-- this must return t1.count() rows, with NULLs for all columns of t2
SELECT * FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON FALSE;
Our logic for clearing the null flag was to do it in Next/Prev. However,
this is problematic for a few reasons:
- If the inner table of the left join is using SeekRowid, then Next/Prev
is never called on its cursor, so the null flag doesn't get cleared.
- If the inner table of the left join is using a non-covering index seek,
i.e. it iterates its rows using an index, but seeks to the main table
to fetch data, then Next/Prev is never called on the main table, and the
main table's null flag doesn't get cleared.
What this results in is NULL values incorrectly being emitted for the
inner table after the first correct NULL row, since the null flag is
correctly set to true, but never cleared.
This PR fixes the issue by clearing the null flag whenever seek() is
invoked on the cursor. Hence, the null flag is now cleared on:
- next()
- prev()
- seek()
