Hi August,
check out sql/ha_ndbcluster_cond.cc in MySQL Cluster 7.0, it makes use
of the condition pushdown interface and should serve as a good example.
https://code.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-cluster-7.0
Best regards
Magnus Blåudd
On 02/28/2011 09:06 PM, AugustQ wrote:
> Hi Olav,
>
> thanks for your fast reply. It could happen that I'm slower in
> responding, sorry.
>
> I will look into your reply more deeply in the next days and then will
> come back.
>
> AugustQ
>
> PS: in my example I returned the function-parameter because I've read
> that one could NULL those parts of the query that were handled by the
> storage-engine and let the upper layer do the rest.
> And, in the first step, I only want to look into the condition.
> Somewhere there must be a pointer to the column-name, a hint to the
> comparison-operator and the value, which I didn't find.
>
> OK, I will give it another try.
>
>
> Am Sonntag, den 27.02.2011, 22:51 +0100 schrieb Olav Sandstaa:
>> Hi AugustQ,
>>
>> On 02/27/2011 08:54 PM, AugustQ wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> how can I enable condition pushdown?
>>>
>>> This is my first question here on this list. I'm working as a
>>> software-developer for quite some time and currently I am working in a
>>> DWH-project here in Germany.
>>>
>>> I found these sources: mysql-5.5.0-m2
>>> and got it to compile and work here on my machine (Ubuntu 64bit).
>>> After some reading (books from Hutchings/Golubchik and Pachev) I decided
>>> to play a bit with storage engines, so I wrote my tiny storage engines
>>> (which work, so the basics are understood, at least in parts).
>>>
>>> The next topic I wanted to play with is condition pushdown but I had no
>>> luck until now.
>>> In mysql I can do
>>> set engine_condition_pushdown=1
>>> and got a result OK.
>>> When I enter
>>> explain select * from prob_alt where rv_nr = '12345678'\G
>>> I can only see 'using where', nothing more.
>>>
>>> I've set a breakpoint to the following piece of code:
>>>
>>> const COND * ha_dbf::cond_push(const COND *cond)
>>> {
>>> myCond = (COND *)cond;
>>> return cond;
>>> };
>>
>> I think it would be more correct if you returned NULL from this
>> function. The intention is that ::cond_push() should return the part of
>> the condition that the storage engine will not evaluate. So when you
>> return the original condition the server assumes that the storage engine
>> did not want to handle this condition. See the following comment about
>> the return value in sql/handler.h:
>>
>> @return
>> The 'remainder' condition that caller must use to filter out records.
>> NULL means the handler will not return rows that do not match the
>> passed condition.
>>
>> You can also have a look at the following code in sql/sql_select.cc
>> where the condition is pushed to the storage engine:
>>
>> /* Push condition to storage engine if this is enabled
>> and the condition is not guarded */
>> if (thd->variables.optimizer_switch&
>> OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_ENGINE_CONDITION_PUSHDOWN)
>> {
>> COND *push_cond=
>> make_cond_for_table(tmp, tab->table->map,
> tab->table->map);
>> if (push_cond)
>> {
>> /* Push condition to handler */
>> if (!tab->table->file->cond_push(push_cond))
>> tab->table->file->pushed_cond= push_cond;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> This shows that if the ::cond_push() function returns anything else than
>> NULL then the handler::pushed_cond will not get set. This is the
>> variable that is checked by explain to determine if it should print
>> "Using where with pushed condition" or just print "Using where".
>>
>>
>>> Looking at the cond-var I do not see anything meaningful, mostly
>>> NULL-Ptrs.
>>
>> If you see your ::cond_push() function being called then this is a good
>> sign that engine condition pushdown is enabled.
>>
>>> I assume that condition pushdown is disabled by default. So what do I
>>> have to do to enable it?
>>
>> In the MySQL 5.5 codebase engine condition pushdown should be enabled by
>> default so you should not have to do anything to enable it. See
>> documentation:
>>
>> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/condition-pushdown-optimization.html
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Olav
>>
>>
>
>
>
