# include "../ingres.h" # include "../aux.h" # include "../symbol.h" # include "../tree.h" # include "qrymod.h" /* ** VIEW.C -- view processing ** ** This module does the view processing. Basically, it operates ** by detecting all references to views and replacing them by ** references to real relations. There are a number of cases ** when it cannot do this, to whit: ** ** Syntactic problems: the view may have a domain defined as ** a non-simple value (that is, not a simple attribute), which ** is then required to take on a value. For example, if the ** view is defined as ** range of x is baserel ** define v (d = x.a / 3) ** and then referenced as ** append to v (d = 7) ** would result after query modification as ** range of x is baserel ** append to baserel (a / 3 = 7) ** which is not acceptable. Of course, there is a range of cases ** where this can be fixed, but (for the time being) we will just ** throw them all out. ** ** Disappearing tuple anomaly: the implicit qualification on ** a view allows tuples to disappear even when not a duplicate. ** For example, take a view defined as: ** range of x is baserel ** define v (d = x.a) where x.a = 4 ** and issue the query ** append to v (d = 5) ** The tuple will be inserted into the base relation, but will not ** be included in the view. To solve that problem, we disallow ** updates to domains included in the qualification of the query. ** Note that this includes implicit updates, that is, an append ** with the domain missing (which implicitly appends a zero or ** blank domain). ** ** Cross product problem: a view which is defined as a cross ** product of two relations has several update anomalies. For ** example, take R1 and R2 as: ** R1 | a | b R2 | b | c ** ---|---|--- ---|---|--- ** | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 ** | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 ** and issue the view definition ** range of m is R1 ** range of n is R2 ** define v (m.a, m.b, n.c) where m.b = n.b ** which will define a view which looks like ** view | a | b | c ** -----|---|---|--- ** | 7 | 0 | 3 ** | 7 | 0 | 4 ** | 8 | 0 | 3 ** | 8 | 0 | 4 ** Now try issuing ** range of v is v ** delete v where v.a = 8 and v.c = 4 ** which will try to give a view which looks like: ** view | a | b | c ** -----|---|---|--- ** | 7 | 0 | 3 ** | 7 | 0 | 4 ** | 8 | 0 | 3 ** which is of course unexpressible in R1 and R2. ** ** Multiple query problem: certain updates will require gener- ** ating multiple queries to satisfy the update on the view. ** Although this can be made to work, it won't now. Cases are ** replaces where the target list contains more than one ** relation, and appends to a view over more than one relation. ** ** To solve these problems, we dissallow the following cases: ** ** I. In a REPLACE or APPEND statement, if a 'v.d' appears ** on the LHS in the target list of the query and ** the a-fcn for 'v.d' is not a simple attribute. ** II. In REPLACE or APPEND statements, if a 'v.d' appears ** on the LHS in a target list of the query and in ** the qualification of the view. ** III. In a DELETE or APPEND statement, if the view ranges ** over more than one relation. ** IV. In a REPLACE statement, if the query resulting after ** modification of the tree, but before appending the ** view qualification Qv, has more than one variable. ** V. In any update, if an aggregate or aggregate function ** appears anywhere in the target list of the view. ** ** Note the assumption that the definition of a consistant update ** is: ** "An update is consistant if the result of ** performing the update on the view and then ** materializing that view is the same as the ** result of materializing the view and then ** performing the update." ** ** Defines: ** view -- the driver for the view algorithm. ** vrscan -- to scan the query tree and substitute ** RESDOM nodes (plus much validity checking). ** Newresvar -- the new 'Resultvar' on updates. ** ** Requires: ** gettree -- to get a query tree from the 'tree' catalog ** and prepare it for use (mainly by coming up ** with unique variable numbers). ** appqual -- to append a qualification onto the query ** tree. ** subsvars -- to scan the query tree and do the actual ** substitution of VAR nodes. ** trscan -- other routines to scan the tree for ** various conditions. ** ** Required By: ** qrymod.c ** ** Trace Flags: ** 30 -> 39 ** ** Diagnostics: ** 3310: cannot update some domain -- An update occured ** which would result with an expression on the ** LHS of an IS, that is, a non-simple attribute. ** 3320: domain occurs in qualification of view -- The ** disappearing tuple anomolie makes it impossible ** to update any domains which occur in the ** qualification of a view. ** 3330: update would result in more than one query -- ** The view ranges over more than one relation, ** and this update would require that more than ** one query result. ** 3340: views do not have TID's -- You have attempted ** to reference (for retrieve or update) the ** TID of a view (which is undefined). ** 3350: cannot update an aggregate value -- An update ** tried to change the value of an aggregate ** value, similar to error 3310 above. ** 3360: that update might be non-functional -- A really ** bizarre one. This error occurs on REPLACE's ** which are on a single relation, but which ** include another relation in the qualification. ** That is, the set of variables in the target ** list includes only one variable (and so is not ** caught as error 3330), but the result of ** query modification leaves a query over two ** relations. ** ** Syserrs: ** "subsvars: bad attno %d" -- an attribute number for a ** view came down in the query tree, but there ** was no substitution for it in the view defn ** query tree. Probably means inconsistant ** catalogs (attribute v. tree). ** ** History: ** 2/14/79 -- version 6.2/0 release. */ int Newresvar; /* new result variable, becomes Resultvar */ /* ** VIEW -- driver for view processing ** ** This routine does the view processing portion of qrymod. ** Since the 'tree' catalog can contain relations which are ** themselves views, it iterates over itself until no views ** are found. Presumably this cannot result in an infinite ** loop, although in fact it probably can; this should be ** dealt with at some time. ** ** For each range variable declared, it is checked whether ** that variable is a view. If not, it is ignored. ** Then the tree which defines ** this view is fetched from the "tree" catalog by 'gettree', ** which also defines any variables required by this tree ** and adjusts the tree so that the varno's contained in the ** tree correspond to the varno's in the range table. ** ** 'Subsvars' and 'vrscan' really do it. Given the root of the tree ** to be modified, the variable number to be eliminated, and the ** target list for a replacement tree, they actually do the ** tacking of 'new tree' onto 'old tree'. After it is done, ** there should be no references to the old variable at all ** in the tree. 'Subsvars' scans for VAR nodes (which are ** retrieve-only, and hence are always alright); 'vrscan' scans ** the left hand branch of the tree (the RESDOM nodes) and ** substitutes them. ** ** 'Appqual' appends the qualification for the view (if any) ** onto the tree. Finally, the variable for the view (which ** had all references to it eliminated by 'subsvars') is un- ** defined, so that that slot in the range table can be re- ** used by later scans. ** ** Parameters: ** root -- root of the tree to be modified. ** ** Returns: ** Root of modified tree. ** ** Side Effects: ** The range table is updated to delete any views and ** add any base relations needed to support them. ** Activity occurs in the 'tree' catalog to get the trees ** needed to define the views. ** The tree pointed to by 'root' is modified. ** ** Requires: ** gettree -- to get the tree from the 'tree' catalog. ** subsvars -- to do the actual substitution of VAR nodes ** in the tree. ** vrscan -- to substitute RESDOM nodes. ** appqual -- to append the qualification to the tree. ** Rangev -- the range table; used for getting relation ** names. ** Newresvar -- becomes the new 'Resultvar' on updates. ** ** Required By: ** qrymod ** ** Trace Flags: ** 30 ** ** Diagnostics: ** (All from lower level routines) */ QTREE * view(root) QTREE *root; { register int i; struct descriptor desc; register int vn; register QTREE *vtree; int viewfound; extern QTREE *gettree(); auto QTREE *r; # ifdef xQTR1 tTfp(30, -1, "\n->VIEW\n\n"); # endif r = root; /* scan range table until no views */ viewfound = TRUE; while (viewfound) { # ifdef xQTR2 tTfp(30, 1, "scanning Rangev\n"); # endif /* scan range table for views */ viewfound = FALSE; /* make new resultvar old resultvar for non-update */ Newresvar = Resultvar; /* scan all variables in range table */ for (vn = 0; vn < MAXVAR + 1; vn++) { /* check for empty entry in range table */ if (!Rangev[vn].rused) continue; /* see if it is a view or base relation */ if ((Rangev[vn].rstat & S_VIEW) == 0) continue; # ifdef xQTR1 if (tTf(30, 3)) printf("view vn %d: %.12s\n", vn, Rangev[vn].relid); # endif vtree = gettree(Rangev[vn].relid, Rangev[vn].rowner, mdVIEW, 0, FALSE); # ifdef xQTR3 if (tTf(30, 5)) treepr(vtree, "Viewdef"); # endif /* check for updating with aggregates */ if (Qmode != mdRETR && aggcheck(vtree)) ferror(3350, Qmode, Resultvar, 0); /* cannot update views with aggregates */ /* scan view replacing RESDOM nodes */ if (Qmode != mdRETR && vn == Resultvar) vrscan(&r->left, vtree); /* scan view replacing VAR nodes */ subsvars(&r, vn, vtree->left, mdVIEW); /* test for non-functional replace */ if (Qmode == mdREPL && bitcnt(varset(r) | (1 << Newresvar)) > 1) ferror(3360, Qmode, Resultvar, 0); /* non-functional update */ /* append new qualification */ appqual(vtree->right, r); /* delete view range variable */ Rangev[vn].rused = FALSE; /* mark the view as having been processed */ viewfound = TRUE; /* change 'Resultvar' to be the base rel var */ Resultvar = Newresvar; } } /* renormalize the tree (just in case) */ r->right = norml(trimqlend(r->right)); # ifdef xQTR1 if (tTf(30, 15)) treepr(r, "VIEW->"); # endif return (r); } /* ** VRSCAN -- scan query tree and replace RESDOM nodes ** ** The query tree issued is scanned and RESDOM nodes are ** converted to conform to the underlying base relations. ** There are many checks in here, and things can fail ** easily. ** ** The first check is for more than one relation in a ** DELETE or APPEND command. This would require expanding ** the query into at least two queries. For DELETE commands, ** this is the only check. (Note that by this time 'aggcheck' ** has aborted anything which would cause problems with ** aggregates.) ** ** For append commands, we abort immediately if there is ** a qualification on the view, since the inserted tuple(s) ** might not (all) appear in the view. ** ** For all other queries, the target list of the query submitted ** is scanned down the left hand side (the RESDOM list). ** For each RESDOM, that variable is looked up in the view ** definition. If the definition of it is not a simple ** attribute, the query is aborted. ** ** Then, if the variable appears anywhere in the qualification ** of the view, the query is aborted. ** ** Finally, we keep track of the varno which should become the ** new number two (that is, the Resultvar). If there are two ** candidates for this position, we promptly abort. ** ** And as the last step, we actually change the 'resno' for ** this RESDOM. ** ** When we exit the loop which scans RESDOM's, we change the ** 'Resultvar' to be the new variable which we have selected. ** ** Notice that there are a number of overly restrictive ** conditions on runability. Notably, there are large classes ** of queries which can run consistantly but which violate ** either the not-in-qualification condition or the aggregate- ** free condition. ** ** Parameters: ** root -- the root of the tree to be updated. ** vtree -- the tree which defines the view. ** ** Returns: ** none (maybe non-local on error) ** ** Side Effects: ** The tree pointed to by 'root' is modified. ** ** Requires: ** bitcnt ** varset -- to create a bit map of variables used in ** a subtree. ** Qmode, Resultvar ** ferror ** vfind -- to find the definition for an attribute ** in the view. ** qscan -- to scan the qualification for the first ** VAR node for a specific 'varno.attno'. ** Newresvar -- marked with the new result variable for ** this query. ** ** Called By: ** view ** ** Trace Flags: ** 33 ** ** Diagnostics: ** 3310: non-simple attribute -- an update occured which ** would result in an expression on the LHS of an ** equals in the resulting query. ** 3320: attribute in qualification -- an attribute was ** updated which occured in the qualification of ** the view; there is a chance that the tuple ** being updated might disappear from the view. ** 3330: query would result in more than one query -- a ** view was defined on the join of two base relns; ** to run the query would require updates on both ** of these base relations (in two queries). ** ** Syserrs: ** vrscan: bad TL %d -- Some node other than TREE or ** RESDOM appeared in the target list of the ** query. */ vrscan(root, vtree) QTREE *root; QTREE *vtree; { register QTREE *t; register QTREE *v; int i; extern QTREE *qscan(); extern QTREE *vfind(); register QTREE *p; t = root; v = vtree; /* check DELETE and APPEND cases of > 1 relation */ if (Qmode == mdDEL || Qmode == mdAPP) { /* scan target list of view for > 1 relation */ if (bitcnt(i = varset(v->left)) != 1) ferror(3330, Qmode, Resultvar, 0); /* query would result in > 1 query */ /* this is the only check in this module for DELETES */ if (Qmode == mdDEL) { /* set Resultvar to underlying (single) relation */ Newresvar = bitpos(i); return; } /* check for a qualification on an append */ if (v->right->sym.type != QLEND) ferror(3320, Qmode, Resultvar, 0); /* attribute in qualification of view */ } /* scan target list of query */ i = -1; while ((t = t->left)->sym.type != TREE) { if (t->sym.type != RESDOM) syserr("vrscan: bad TL node %d", t->sym.type); /* check for 'tid' attribute (stuck in by DEL and REPL) */ if (t->resno == 0) { continue; } /* find definition for this domain in the view */ p = vfind(t->resno, v->left); /* check for simple attribute */ if (p->sym.type != VAR) ferror(3310, Qmode, Resultvar, 0); /* non-simple attribute */ /* scan qualification of view for this attribute */ if (qscan(v->right, p->varno, p->attno) != NULL) ferror(3320, Qmode, Resultvar, 0); /* attribute in qualification of view */ /* check for trying to do update on two relations again */ /* this test should only be true for REPLACE commands */ if (i < 0) i = p->varno; else if (i != p->varno) ferror(3330, Qmode, Resultvar, 0); /* query on two relations */ /* finally, do the substitution of resno's */ t->resno = p->attno; } /* change the result variable for the query to the underlying */ Newresvar = i; }