Hi, I have observed row_number() is giving different results when query executed in parallel. is this expected w.r.t parallel execution.
CREATE TABLE tbl1 (c1 INT) partition by list (c1); CREATE TABLE tbl1_p1 partition of tbl1 FOR VALUES IN (10); CREATE TABLE tbl1_p2 partition of tbl1 FOR VALUES IN (20); CREATE TABLE tbl1_p3 partition of tbl1 FOR VALUES IN (30); CREATE TABLE tbl2 (c1 INT, c2 INT,c3 INT) partition by list (c1); CREATE TABLE tbl2_p1 partition of tbl2 FOR VALUES IN (1); CREATE TABLE tbl2_p2 partition of tbl2 FOR VALUES IN (2); CREATE TABLE tbl2_p3 partition of tbl2 FOR VALUES IN (3); CREATE TABLE tbl2_p4 partition of tbl2 FOR VALUES IN (4); CREATE TABLE tbl2_p5 partition of tbl2 FOR VALUES IN (5); INSERT INTO tbl1 VALUES (10),(20),(30); INSERT INTO tbl2 VALUES (1,100,20),(2,200,10),(3,100,20),(4,100,30),(5,100,10); postgres=# explain select e.c2, row_number() over () from tbl1 d, tbl2 e where d.c1=e.c3; QUERY PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WindowAgg (cost=1520.35..12287.73 rows=390150 width=12) -> Merge Join (cost=1520.35..7410.85 rows=390150 width=4) Merge Cond: (d.c1 = e.c3) -> Sort (cost=638.22..657.35 rows=7650 width=4) Sort Key: d.c1 -> Append (cost=0.00..144.75 rows=7650 width=4) -> Seq Scan on tbl1_p1 d_1 (cost=0.00..35.50 rows=2550 width=4) -> Seq Scan on tbl1_p2 d_2 (cost=0.00..35.50 rows=2550 width=4) -> Seq Scan on tbl1_p3 d_3 (cost=0.00..35.50 rows=2550 width=4) -> Sort (cost=882.13..907.63 rows=10200 width=8) Sort Key: e.c3 -> Append (cost=0.00..203.00 rows=10200 width=8) -> Seq Scan on tbl2_p1 e_1 (cost=0.00..30.40 rows=2040 width=8) -> Seq Scan on tbl2_p2 e_2 (cost=0.00..30.40 rows=2040 width=8) -> Seq Scan on tbl2_p3 e_3 (cost=0.00..30.40 rows=2040 width=8) -> Seq Scan on tbl2_p4 e_4 (cost=0.00..30.40 rows=2040 width=8) -> Seq Scan on tbl2_p5 e_5 (cost=0.00..30.40 rows=2040 width=8) (17 rows) postgres=# select e.c2, row_number() over () from tbl1 d, tbl2 e where d.c1=e.c3; c2 | row_number -----+------------ *200 | 1* 100 | 2 100 | 3 100 | 4 100 | 5 (5 rows) postgres=# postgres=# set parallel_setup_cost = 0; SET postgres=# set parallel_tuple_cost = 0; SET postgres=# postgres=# explain select e.c2, row_number() over () from tbl1 d, tbl2 e where d.c1=e.c3; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WindowAgg (cost=130.75..7521.21 rows=390150 width=12) -> Gather (cost=130.75..2644.34 rows=390150 width=4) Workers Planned: 2 -> Parallel Hash Join (cost=130.75..2644.34 rows=162562 width=4) Hash Cond: (e.c3 = d.c1) -> Parallel Append (cost=0.00..131.25 rows=4250 width=8) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl2_p1 e_1 (cost=0.00..22.00 rows=1200 width=8) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl2_p2 e_2 (cost=0.00..22.00 rows=1200 width=8) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl2_p3 e_3 (cost=0.00..22.00 rows=1200 width=8) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl2_p4 e_4 (cost=0.00..22.00 rows=1200 width=8) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl2_p5 e_5 (cost=0.00..22.00 rows=1200 width=8) -> Parallel Hash (cost=90.93..90.93 rows=3186 width=4) -> Parallel Append (cost=0.00..90.93 rows=3186 width=4) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl1_p1 d_1 (cost=0.00..25.00 rows=1500 width=4) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl1_p2 d_2 (cost=0.00..25.00 rows=1500 width=4) -> Parallel Seq Scan on tbl1_p3 d_3 (cost=0.00..25.00 rows=1500 width=4) (16 rows) postgres=# select e.c2, row_number() over () from tbl1 d, tbl2 e where d.c1=e.c3; c2 | row_number -----+------------ 100 | 1 100 | 2 100 | 3 *200 | 4* 100 | 5 (5 rows) Thanks & Regards, Rajkumar Raghuwanshi