In order to re-calculate min/max values for groups where the min
or max value is deleted, we need the view query definition in string
form. However, pg_get_viewdef cannot be used for this purpose because
IMMV's defenition is in pg_ivm_immv but not pg_rewrite. Therefore,
we have to convert query definition in pg_ivm_immv to query
definition string. We can use pg_get_querydef in PG15, but we cannot
in PG14 or earlier, so we use codes in ruleutil.c copied from PG13
or PG14 depending versions.
In PostgreSQL 14 or later, OIDs of aggregate functions are
described in fmrgoids.h, but that in PostgreSQL 13 doesn't
contain aggregate function OIDs. Therefore, we get the OID
by passing the function name and arg type to to_regprocedure().
When a base table is truncated, the view content will be empty if the
view definition query does not contain an aggregate without a GROUP clause.
Therefore, such views can be truncated.
Aggregate views without a GROUP clause always have one row. Therefore,
if a base table is truncated, the view will not be empty and will contain
a row with NULL value (or 0 for count()). So, in this case, we refresh the
view instead of truncating it.
Built-in count, sum, avg are supported. We have not supported min/max
yet, but will support in future.
When an IMMV with any aggregates are defined, additional columns
are created for each aggregate function. Although such columns are
"hidden" in pgsql-ivm version, they are always visible for users
in the extension version.
refresh_immv(immv_name, with_data) is a function to refresh IMMV like
REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW command. It has two argument.
immv_name is incrementally maintainable materialized view's name, and
with_data is an option that is corresponding to the WITH [NO] DATA option.
When with_data is set false, the IMMV gets unpopulated.
One of differences between IMMVs unpopulated by this function and
normal materialized views unpopulated by REFRESH ... WITH NO DATA
is that such IMMVs can be referenced by SELECT but return no rows,
while unpopulated materialized views are not scanable.
The behaviour may be changed in future to raise an error when unpopulated
an IMMV is scanned.