If a join query uses a derived table (view / CTE) with GROUP BY clause then
the execution plan for such join may employ split optimization. When this
optimization is employed the derived table is not materialized. Rather only
some partitions of the derived table are subject to grouping. Split
optimization can be applied only if:
- there are some indexes over the tables used in the join specifying the
derived table whose prefixes partially cover the field items used in the
GROUP BY list (such indexes are called splitting indexes)
- the WHERE condition of the join query contains conjunctive equalities
between columns of the derived table that comprise major parts of
splitting indexes and columns of the other join tables.
When the optimizer evaluates extending of a partial join by the rows of the
derived table it always considers a possibility of using split optimization.
Different splitting indexes can be used depending on the extended partial
join. At some rare conditions, for example, when there is a non-splitting
covering index for a table joined in the join specifying the derived table
usage of a splitting index to produce rows needed for grouping may be still
less beneficial than usage of such covering index without any splitting
technique. The function JOIN_TAB::choose_best_splitting() must take this
into account.
Approved by Oleksandr Byelkin <sanja@mariadb.com>
The problem was caused by the following scenario:
Subquery's table has two indexes, KEY a(a), KEY a_b(a,b)
- LATERAL DERIVED optimization decides to use index a.
= The subquery uses ref access over key a.
- test_if_skip_sort_order() sees that KEY a_b satisfies the
subquery's GROUP BY clause, and attempts to switch to it.
= It fails to do so, because KEYUSE objects for index a_b
are switched off.
Fixed by disallowing to change the ref access key if it uses KEYUSE
objects injected by LATERAL DERIVED optimization.
If a splittable materialized derived table / view T is used in a inner nest
of an outer join with impossible ON condition then T is marked as a
constant table. Yet the execution plan to build T is still searched for
in spite of the fact that is not needed. So it should be set.
The function JOIN_TAB::choose_best_splitting() did not take into account
that for some tables whose fields were used in the GROUP BY list of
the specification of a splittable materialized derived there might exist
no elements in the array ext_keyuses_for_splitting.
The optimizer erroneously allowed to use join cache when joining a
splittable materialized table together with splitting optimization.
As a consequence in some rare cases the server returned wrong result
sets for queries with materialized derived.
This patch allows to use either join cache without usage of splitting
technique for materialization of a splittable derived table or splitting
without usage of join cache when joining such table. The costs the these
alternatives are compared and the best variant is chosen.
