-- -- Tests for common table expressions (WITH query, ... SELECT ...) -- -- Basic WITH WITH q1(x,y) AS (SELECT 1,2) SELECT * FROM q1, q1 AS q2; -- Multiple uses are evaluated only once SELECT count(*) FROM ( WITH q1(x) AS (SELECT random() FROM generate_series(1, 5)) SELECT * FROM q1 UNION SELECT * FROM q1 ) ss; -- WITH RECURSIVE -- sum of 1..100 WITH RECURSIVE t(n) AS ( VALUES (1) UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM t WHERE n < 100 ) SELECT sum(n) FROM t; WITH RECURSIVE t(n) AS ( SELECT (VALUES(1)) UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM t WHERE n < 5 ) SELECT * FROM t; -- This'd be an infinite loop, but outside query reads only as much as needed WITH RECURSIVE t(n) AS ( VALUES (1) UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM t) SELECT * FROM t LIMIT 10; -- -- Some examples with a tree -- -- department structure represented here is as follows: -- -- ROOT-+->A-+->B-+->C -- | | -- | +->D-+->F -- +->E-+->G CREATE TEMP TABLE department ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, -- department ID parent_department INTEGER REFERENCES department, -- upper department ID name TEXT -- department name ); INSERT INTO department VALUES (0, NULL, 'ROOT'); INSERT INTO department VALUES (1, 0, 'A'); INSERT INTO department VALUES (2, 1, 'B'); INSERT INTO department VALUES (3, 2, 'C'); INSERT INTO department VALUES (4, 2, 'D'); INSERT INTO department VALUES (5, 0, 'E'); INSERT INTO department VALUES (6, 4, 'F'); INSERT INTO department VALUES (7, 5, 'G'); -- extract all departments under 'A'. Result should be A, B, C, D and F WITH RECURSIVE subdepartment AS ( -- non recursive term SELECT * FROM department WHERE name = 'A' UNION ALL -- recursive term SELECT d.* FROM department AS d, subdepartment AS sd WHERE d.parent_department = sd.id ) SELECT * FROM subdepartment ORDER BY name; -- extract all departments under 'A' with "level" number WITH RECURSIVE subdepartment(level, id, parent_department, name) AS ( -- non recursive term SELECT 1, * FROM department WHERE name = 'A' UNION ALL -- recursive term SELECT sd.level + 1, d.* FROM department AS d, subdepartment AS sd WHERE d.parent_department = sd.id ) SELECT * FROM subdepartment ORDER BY name; -- extract all departments under 'A' with "level" number. -- Only shows level 2 or more WITH RECURSIVE subdepartment(level, id, parent_department, name) AS ( -- non recursive term SELECT 1, * FROM department WHERE name = 'A' UNION ALL -- recursive term SELECT sd.level + 1, d.* FROM department AS d, subdepartment AS sd WHERE d.parent_department = sd.id ) SELECT * FROM subdepartment WHERE level >= 2 ORDER BY name; -- "RECURSIVE" is ignored if the query has no self-reference WITH RECURSIVE subdepartment AS ( -- note lack of recursive UNION structure SELECT * FROM department WHERE name = 'A' ) SELECT * FROM subdepartment ORDER BY name; -- inside subqueries SELECT count(*) FROM ( WITH RECURSIVE t(n) AS ( SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 FROM t WHERE n < 500 ) SELECT * FROM t) AS t WHERE n < ( SELECT count(*) FROM ( WITH RECURSIVE t(n) AS ( SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 FROM t WHERE n < 100 ) SELECT * FROM t WHERE n < 50000 ) AS t WHERE n < 100); -- use same CTE twice at different subquery levels WITH q1(x,y) AS ( SELECT hundred, sum(ten) FROM tenk1 GROUP BY hundred ) SELECT count(*) FROM q1 WHERE y > (SELECT sum(y)/100 FROM q1 qsub); -- via a VIEW CREATE TEMPORARY VIEW vsubdepartment AS WITH RECURSIVE subdepartment AS ( -- non recursive term SELECT * FROM department WHERE name = 'A' UNION ALL -- recursive term SELECT d.* FROM department AS d, subdepartment AS sd WHERE d.parent_department = sd.id ) SELECT * FROM subdepartment; SELECT * FROM vsubdepartment ORDER BY name; -- Check reverse listing SELECT pg_get_viewdef('vsubdepartment'::regclass); SELECT pg_get_viewdef('vsubdepartment'::regclass, true); -- recursive term has sub-UNION WITH RECURSIVE t(i,j) AS ( VALUES (1,2) UNION ALL SELECT t2.i, t.j+1 FROM (SELECT 2 AS i UNION ALL SELECT 3 AS i) AS t2 JOIN t ON (t2.i = t.i+1)) SELECT * FROM t; -- -- different tree example -- CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tree( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, parent_id INTEGER REFERENCES tree(id) ); INSERT INTO tree VALUES (1, NULL), (2, 1), (3,1), (4,2), (5,2), (6,2), (7,3), (8,3), (9,4), (10,4), (11,7), (12,7), (13,7), (14, 9), (15,11), (16,11); -- -- get all paths from "second level" nodes to leaf nodes -- WITH RECURSIVE t(id, path) AS ( VALUES(1,ARRAY[]::integer[]) UNION ALL SELECT tree.id, t.path || tree.id FROM tree JOIN t ON (tree.parent_id = t.id) ) SELECT t1.*, t2.* FROM t AS t1 JOIN t AS t2 ON (t1.path[1] = t2.path[1] AND array_upper(t1.path,1) = 1 AND array_upper(t2.path,1) > 1) ORDER BY t1.id, t2.id; -- just count 'em WITH RECURSIVE t(id, path) AS ( VALUES(1,ARRAY[]::integer[]) UNION ALL SELECT tree.id, t.path || tree.id FROM tree JOIN t ON (tree.parent_id = t.id) ) SELECT t1.id, count(t2.*) FROM t AS t1 JOIN t AS t2 ON (t1.path[1] = t2.path[1] AND array_upper(t1.path,1) = 1 AND array_upper(t2.path,1) > 1) GROUP BY t1.id ORDER BY t1.id; -- -- test multiple WITH queries -- WITH RECURSIVE y (id) AS (VALUES (1)), x (id) AS (SELECT * FROM y UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 5) SELECT * FROM x; -- forward reference OK WITH RECURSIVE x(id) AS (SELECT * FROM y UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 5), y(id) AS (values (1)) SELECT * FROM x; WITH RECURSIVE x(id) AS (VALUES (1) UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 5), y(id) AS (VALUES (1) UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM y WHERE id < 10) SELECT y.*, x.* FROM y LEFT JOIN x USING (id); WITH RECURSIVE x(id) AS (VALUES (1) UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 5), y(id) AS (VALUES (1) UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 10) SELECT y.*, x.* FROM y LEFT JOIN x USING (id); WITH RECURSIVE x(id) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 3 ), y(id) AS (SELECT * FROM x UNION ALL SELECT * FROM x), z(id) AS (SELECT * FROM x UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM z WHERE id < 10) SELECT * FROM z; WITH RECURSIVE x(id) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 3 ), y(id) AS (SELECT * FROM x UNION ALL SELECT * FROM x), z(id) AS (SELECT * FROM y UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM z WHERE id < 10) SELECT * FROM z; -- -- error cases -- -- UNION (should be supported someday) WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION SELECT n+1 FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; -- INTERSECT WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 INTERSECT SELECT n+1 FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 INTERSECT ALL SELECT n+1 FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; -- EXCEPT WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 EXCEPT SELECT n+1 FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 EXCEPT ALL SELECT n+1 FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; -- no non-recursive term WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT n FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; -- recursive term in the left hand side (strictly speaking, should allow this) WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT n FROM x UNION ALL SELECT 1) SELECT * FROM x; CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE y (a INTEGER); INSERT INTO y SELECT generate_series(1, 10); -- LEFT JOIN WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT a FROM y WHERE a = 1 UNION ALL SELECT x.n+1 FROM y LEFT JOIN x ON x.n = y.a WHERE n < 10) SELECT * FROM x; -- RIGHT JOIN WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT a FROM y WHERE a = 1 UNION ALL SELECT x.n+1 FROM x RIGHT JOIN y ON x.n = y.a WHERE n < 10) SELECT * FROM x; -- FULL JOIN WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT a FROM y WHERE a = 1 UNION ALL SELECT x.n+1 FROM x FULL JOIN y ON x.n = y.a WHERE n < 10) SELECT * FROM x; -- subquery WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM x WHERE n IN (SELECT * FROM x)) SELECT * FROM x; -- aggregate functions WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT count(*) FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT sum(n) FROM x) SELECT * FROM x; -- ORDER BY WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM x ORDER BY 1) SELECT * FROM x; -- LIMIT/OFFSET WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM x LIMIT 10 OFFSET 1) SELECT * FROM x; -- FOR UPDATE WITH RECURSIVE x(n) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT n+1 FROM x FOR UPDATE) SELECT * FROM x; -- target list has a recursive query name WITH RECURSIVE x(id) AS (values (1) UNION ALL SELECT (SELECT * FROM x) FROM x WHERE id < 5 ) SELECT * FROM x; -- mutual recursive query (not implemented) WITH RECURSIVE x (id) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM y WHERE id < 5), y (id) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT id+1 FROM x WHERE id < 5) SELECT * FROM x; -- non-linear recursion is not allowed WITH RECURSIVE foo(i) AS (values (1) UNION ALL (SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 10 UNION ALL SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 5) ) SELECT * FROM foo; WITH RECURSIVE foo(i) AS (values (1) UNION ALL SELECT * FROM (SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 10 UNION ALL SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 5) AS t ) SELECT * FROM foo; WITH RECURSIVE foo(i) AS (values (1) UNION ALL (SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 10 EXCEPT SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 5) ) SELECT * FROM foo; WITH RECURSIVE foo(i) AS (values (1) UNION ALL (SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 10 INTERSECT SELECT i+1 FROM foo WHERE i < 5) ) SELECT * FROM foo; -- Wrong type induced from non-recursive term WITH RECURSIVE foo(i) AS (SELECT i FROM (VALUES(1),(2)) t(i) UNION ALL SELECT (i+1)::numeric(10,0) FROM foo WHERE i < 10) SELECT * FROM foo; -- rejects different typmod, too (should we allow this?) WITH RECURSIVE foo(i) AS (SELECT i::numeric(3,0) FROM (VALUES(1),(2)) t(i) UNION ALL SELECT (i+1)::numeric(10,0) FROM foo WHERE i < 10) SELECT * FROM foo;