SQLite

  int iLoop;                /* Loop counter over the terms of the join */
  int ii, jj;               /* Loop counters */
  int mxI = 0;              /* Index of next entry to replace */
  int nOrderBy;             /* Number of ORDER BY clause terms */
  LogEst rCost;             /* Cost of a path */
  LogEst nOut;              /* Number of outputs */
  LogEst mxCost = 0;        /* Maximum cost of a set of paths */
  LogEst mxOut = 0;         /* nOut value for maximum cost path */
  int nTo, nFrom;           /* Number of valid entries in aTo[] and aFrom[] */
  WherePath *aFrom;         /* All nFrom paths at the previous level */
  WherePath *aTo;           /* The nTo best paths at the current level */
  WherePath *pFrom;         /* An element of aFrom[] that we are working on */
  WherePath *pTo;           /* An element of aTo[] that we are working on */
  WhereLoop *pWLoop;        /* One of the WhereLoop objects */
  WhereLoop **pX;           /* Used to divy up the pSpace memory */
  char *pSpace;             /* Temporary memory used by this routine */

  pParse = pWInfo->pParse;
  db = pParse->db;
  nLoop = pWInfo->nLevel;
  /* TUNING: For simple queries, only the best path is tracked.
  ** For 2-way joins, the 5 best paths are followed.
  ** For joins of 3 or more tables, track the 10 best paths */
  mxChoice = (nLoop<=1) ? 1 : (nLoop==2 ? 5 : 10);
  assert( nLoop<=pWInfo->pTabList->nSrc );
  WHERETRACE(0x002, ("---- begin solver.  (nRowEst=%d)\n", nRowEst));

  /* Allocate and initialize space for aTo and aFrom */
  ii = (sizeof(WherePath)+sizeof(WhereLoop*)*nLoop)*mxChoice*2;
  pSpace = sqlite3DbMallocRaw(db, ii);
  if( pSpace==0 ) return SQLITE_NOMEM;
  aTo = (WherePath*)pSpace;
  aFrom = aTo+mxChoice;

                rSortCost, (nOrderBy-isOrdered), nOrderBy, rCost,
                sqlite3LogEstAdd(rCost,rSortCost)));
            rCost = sqlite3LogEstAdd(rCost, rSortCost);
          }
        }else{
          revMask = pFrom->revLoop;
        }
        /* Check to see if pWLoop should be added to the set of
        ** mxChoice best-so-far paths.
        **
        ** First look for an existing path among best-so-far paths
        ** that covers the same set of loops and has the same isOrdered
        ** setting as the current path candidate.
        **
        ** The term "((pTo->isOrdered^isOrdered)&0x80)==0" is equivalent
        ** to (pTo->isOrdered==(-1))==(isOrdered==(-1))" for the range
        ** of legal values for isOrdered, -1..64.
        */
        for(jj=0, pTo=aTo; jj<nTo; jj++, pTo++){
          if( pTo->maskLoop==maskNew
           && ((pTo->isOrdered^isOrdered)&0x80)==0
          ){
            testcase( jj==nTo-1 );
            break;
          }
        }
        if( jj>=nTo ){
          /* None of the existing best-so-far paths match the candidate. */
          if( nTo>=mxChoice
           && (rCost>mxCost || (rCost==mxCost && nOut>=mxOut))
          ){
            /* The current candidate is no better than any of the mxChoice
            ** paths currently in the best-so-far buffer.  So discard
            ** this candidate as not viable. */
#ifdef WHERETRACE_ENABLED /* 0x4 */
            if( sqlite3WhereTrace&0x4 ){
              sqlite3DebugPrintf("Skip   %s cost=%-3d,%3d order=%c\n",
                  wherePathName(pFrom, iLoop, pWLoop), rCost, nOut,
                  isOrdered>=0 ? isOrdered+'0' : '?');
            }
#endif
            continue;
          }
          /* If we reach this points it means that the new candidate path
          ** needs to be added to the set of best-so-far paths. */
          if( nTo<mxChoice ){
            /* Increase the size of the aTo set by one */
            jj = nTo++;
          }else{
            /* New path replaces the prior worst to keep count below mxChoice */
            jj = mxI;
          }
          pTo = &aTo[jj];
#ifdef WHERETRACE_ENABLED /* 0x4 */
          if( sqlite3WhereTrace&0x4 ){
            sqlite3DebugPrintf("New    %s cost=%-3d,%3d order=%c\n",
                wherePathName(pFrom, iLoop, pWLoop), rCost, nOut,
                isOrdered>=0 ? isOrdered+'0' : '?');
          }
#endif
        }else{
          /* Control reaches here if best-so-far path pTo=aTo[jj] covers the
          ** same set of loops and has the sam isOrdered setting as the
          ** candidate path.  Check to see if the candidate should replace
          ** pTo or if the candidate should be skipped */
          if( pTo->rCost<rCost || (pTo->rCost==rCost && pTo->nRow<=nOut) ){
#ifdef WHERETRACE_ENABLED /* 0x4 */
            if( sqlite3WhereTrace&0x4 ){
              sqlite3DebugPrintf(
                  "Skip   %s cost=%-3d,%3d order=%c",
                  wherePathName(pFrom, iLoop, pWLoop), rCost, nOut,
                  isOrdered>=0 ? isOrdered+'0' : '?');
              sqlite3DebugPrintf("   vs %s cost=%-3d,%d order=%c\n",
                  wherePathName(pTo, iLoop+1, 0), pTo->rCost, pTo->nRow,
                  pTo->isOrdered>=0 ? pTo->isOrdered+'0' : '?');
            }
#endif
            /* Discard the candidate path from further consideration */
            testcase( pTo->rCost==rCost );
            continue;
          }
          testcase( pTo->rCost==rCost+1 );
          /* Control reaches here if the candidate path is better than the
          ** pTo path.  Replace pTo with the candidate. */
#ifdef WHERETRACE_ENABLED /* 0x4 */
          if( sqlite3WhereTrace&0x4 ){
            sqlite3DebugPrintf(
                "Update %s cost=%-3d,%3d order=%c",
                wherePathName(pFrom, iLoop, pWLoop), rCost, nOut,
                isOrdered>=0 ? isOrdered+'0' : '?');
            sqlite3DebugPrintf("  was %s cost=%-3d,%3d order=%c\n",

        pTo->rCost = rCost;
        pTo->isOrdered = isOrdered;
        memcpy(pTo->aLoop, pFrom->aLoop, sizeof(WhereLoop*)*iLoop);
        pTo->aLoop[iLoop] = pWLoop;
        if( nTo>=mxChoice ){
          mxI = 0;
          mxCost = aTo[0].rCost;
          mxOut = aTo[0].nRow;
          for(jj=1, pTo=&aTo[1]; jj<mxChoice; jj++, pTo++){
            if( pTo->rCost>mxCost || (pTo->rCost==mxCost && pTo->nRow>mxOut) ){
              mxCost = pTo->rCost;
              mxOut = pTo->nRow;
              mxI = jj;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

# 2014-06-06
#
# The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of
# a legal notice, here is a blessing:
#
#    May you do good and not evil.
#    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
#    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
#
#***********************************************************************
# 
# This file implements regression tests for a complex
# query planning case.
#

set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
source $testdir/tester.tcl
set ::testprefix whereJ

  SELECT aid, sid, MAX(edate) edate
    FROM tx1
   WHERE cid = 115790
     AND sid = 9100
     AND edate <= 20140430 AND edate >= 20120429
   GROUP BY aid;
} {/B-TREE/}

############################################################################
# Ensure that the sorting cost does not swamp the loop costs and cause
# distinctions between individual loop costs to get lost, and hence for
# sub-optimal loops to be chosen.
#
do_execsql_test whereJ-2.1 {
  CREATE TABLE tab(
    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    minChild INTEGER REFERENCES t1,
    maxChild INTEGER REFERENCES t1,
    x INTEGER
  );
  EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN
  SELECT t4.x
    FROM tab AS t0, tab AS t1, tab AS t2, tab AS t3, tab AS t4
   WHERE t0.id=0
     AND t1.id BETWEEN t0.minChild AND t0.maxChild
     AND t2.id BETWEEN t1.minChild AND t1.maxChild
     AND t3.id BETWEEN t2.minChild AND t2.maxChild
     AND t4.id BETWEEN t3.minChild AND t3.maxChild
  ORDER BY t4.x;
} {~/SCAN/}
do_execsql_test whereJ-2.2 {
  EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN
  SELECT t4.x
    FROM tab AS t0a, tab AS t0b,
         tab AS t1a, tab AS t1b,
         tab AS t2a, tab AS t2b,
         tab AS t3a, tab AS t3b,
         tab AS t4
   WHERE 1
     AND t0a.id=1
     AND t1a.id BETWEEN t0a.minChild AND t0a.maxChild
     AND t2a.id BETWEEN t1a.minChild AND t1a.maxChild
     AND t3a.id BETWEEN t2a.minChild AND t2a.maxChild
     AND t0b.id=2
     AND t1b.id BETWEEN t0b.minChild AND t0b.maxChild
     AND t2b.id BETWEEN t1b.minChild AND t1b.maxChild
     AND t3b.id BETWEEN t2b.minChild AND t2b.maxChild
     AND t4.id BETWEEN t3a.minChild AND t3b.maxChild
  ORDER BY t4.x;
} {~/SCAN/}


finish_test