Expand comments and add an assertion in nodeModifyTable.c.

Most comments concern RELKIND_VIEW.  One addresses the ExecUpdate()
"tupleid" parameter.  A later commit will rely on these facts, but they
hold already.  Back-patch to v12 (all supported versions), the plan for
that commit.

Reviewed (in an earlier version) by Robert Haas.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20240512232923.aa.nmisch@google.com
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Noah Misch 2024-06-27 19:21:05 -07:00
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@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
* values plus row-locating info for UPDATE and MERGE cases, or just the
* row-locating info for DELETE cases.
*
* The relation to modify can be an ordinary table, a view having an
* INSTEAD OF trigger, or a foreign table. Earlier processing already
* pointed ModifyTable to the underlying relations of any automatically
* updatable view not using an INSTEAD OF trigger, so code here can
* assume it won't have one as a modification target. This node does
* process ri_WithCheckOptions, which may have expressions from those
* automatically updatable views.
*
* MERGE runs a join between the source relation and the target
* table; if any WHEN NOT MATCHED clauses are present, then the
* join is an outer join. In this case, any unmatched tuples will
@ -1401,18 +1409,18 @@ ExecDeleteEpilogue(ModifyTableContext *context, ResultRelInfo *resultRelInfo,
* DELETE is like UPDATE, except that we delete the tuple and no
* index modifications are needed.
*
* When deleting from a table, tupleid identifies the tuple to
* delete and oldtuple is NULL. When deleting from a view,
* oldtuple is passed to the INSTEAD OF triggers and identifies
* what to delete, and tupleid is invalid. When deleting from a
* foreign table, tupleid is invalid; the FDW has to figure out
* which row to delete using data from the planSlot. oldtuple is
* passed to foreign table triggers; it is NULL when the foreign
* table has no relevant triggers. We use tupleDeleted to indicate
* whether the tuple is actually deleted, callers can use it to
* decide whether to continue the operation. When this DELETE is a
* part of an UPDATE of partition-key, then the slot returned by
* EvalPlanQual() is passed back using output parameter epqreturnslot.
* When deleting from a table, tupleid identifies the tuple to delete and
* oldtuple is NULL. When deleting through a view INSTEAD OF trigger,
* oldtuple is passed to the triggers and identifies what to delete, and
* tupleid is invalid. When deleting from a foreign table, tupleid is
* invalid; the FDW has to figure out which row to delete using data from
* the planSlot. oldtuple is passed to foreign table triggers; it is
* NULL when the foreign table has no relevant triggers. We use
* tupleDeleted to indicate whether the tuple is actually deleted,
* callers can use it to decide whether to continue the operation. When
* this DELETE is a part of an UPDATE of partition-key, then the slot
* returned by EvalPlanQual() is passed back using output parameter
* epqreturnslot.
*
* Returns RETURNING result if any, otherwise NULL.
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
@ -2244,21 +2252,22 @@ ExecCrossPartitionUpdateForeignKey(ModifyTableContext *context,
* is, we don't want to get stuck in an infinite loop
* which corrupts your database..
*
* When updating a table, tupleid identifies the tuple to
* update and oldtuple is NULL. When updating a view, oldtuple
* is passed to the INSTEAD OF triggers and identifies what to
* update, and tupleid is invalid. When updating a foreign table,
* tupleid is invalid; the FDW has to figure out which row to
* update using data from the planSlot. oldtuple is passed to
* foreign table triggers; it is NULL when the foreign table has
* no relevant triggers.
* When updating a table, tupleid identifies the tuple to update and
* oldtuple is NULL. When updating through a view INSTEAD OF trigger,
* oldtuple is passed to the triggers and identifies what to update, and
* tupleid is invalid. When updating a foreign table, tupleid is
* invalid; the FDW has to figure out which row to update using data from
* the planSlot. oldtuple is passed to foreign table triggers; it is
* NULL when the foreign table has no relevant triggers.
*
* slot contains the new tuple value to be stored.
* planSlot is the output of the ModifyTable's subplan; we use it
* to access values from other input tables (for RETURNING),
* row-ID junk columns, etc.
*
* Returns RETURNING result if any, otherwise NULL.
* Returns RETURNING result if any, otherwise NULL. On exit, if tupleid
* had identified the tuple to update, it will identify the tuple
* actually updated after EvalPlanQual.
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/
static TupleTableSlot *
@ -3800,8 +3809,8 @@ ExecModifyTable(PlanState *pstate)
* know enough here to set t_tableOid. Quite separately from
* this, the FDW may fetch its own junk attrs to identify the row.
*
* Other relevant relkinds, currently limited to views, always
* have a wholerow attribute.
* Other relevant relkinds, currently limited to views having
* INSTEAD OF triggers, always have a wholerow attribute.
*/
else if (AttributeNumberIsValid(resultRelInfo->ri_RowIdAttNo))
{