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  2. DERBY-681

Eliminate the parser's rewriting of the abstract syntax tree for queries with GROUP BY and/or HAVING clauses

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 10.3.1.4
    • SQL
    • None

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      If a query contains a GROUP BY or HAVING clause, the parser rewrites the abstract syntax tree, putting aggregates into a subselect and treating the HAVING clause as the WHERE clause of a fabricated outer select from the subquery. This allows the compiler to re-use some machinery since the HAVING clause operates on the grouped result the way that the WHERE clause operates on the from list. Unfortunately, this rewriting creates an explosion of special cases in the compiler after parsing is done. The rewriting is not systematically handled later on in the compiler. This gives rise to defects like bug 280. We need to eliminate this special rewriting and handle the HAVING clause in a straightforward way. This is not a small bugfix but is a medium sized project.

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        1. followup.patch.txt
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          Manish Khettry
        2. 681.patch3.txt
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          Manish Khettry
        3. 681.patch2.txt
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          Manish Khettry
        4. notes.txt
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          Manish Khettry
        5. 681.patch.txt
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          Manish Khettry

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              mkhettry Manish Khettry
              rhillegas Richard N. Hillegas
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