Re: Writeable CTEs and empty relations

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> If the executor has buried in it the assumption that the snapshot
> can't change after startup, then does that mean that we need to start
> up and shut down the executor for each subquery?

Yes, I think so.  That's the way it's always worked in the past;
see for example PortalRunMulti() and ProcessQuery().  I think trying
to change that is a high-risk, low-reward activity.

This probably means that the planner output for queries involving
writeable CTEs has to be a separate PlannedStmt per such CTE.
        regards, tom lane