Given this schema:
create table a (id int);
create table b (id int, a_id int, c_id int);
create table c (id int);
insert into a values (1);
insert into a values (2);
insert into b values (1, 1, 1);
insert into b values (2, 1, 1);
insert into b values (3, 2, 4);
insert into b values (4, 2, 2);
insert into c values (1);
insert into c values (2);
insert into c values (3);
insert into c values (4);
I tried running a query like this:
select
a.id,
multiset(
select
b.id,
multiset(
select c.id
from c
where c.id = b.c_id
)
from b
where b.a_id = a.id
) m
from a
order by a.id
But the output suggests that the inner most nested MULTISET
query doesn't work. The output is:
id 1
m MULTISET{ROW(1,MULTISET{}),ROW(2,MULTISET{})}
id 2
m MULTISET{ROW(3,MULTISET{}),ROW(4,MULTISET{})}
Is this a known limitation or a bug? How can I work around this limitation? I'm using IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 14.10.FC5DE
Just like a similar problem I've discovered recently, there seems to be an ORDER BY
related bug. Removing the ORDER BY
clause:
select
a.id,
multiset(
select
b.id,
multiset(
select c.id
from c
where c.id = b.c_id
)
from b
where b.a_id = a.id
) m
from a
And the output is now the expected one:
id 1
m MULTISET{ROW(1,MULTISET{ROW(1)}),ROW(2,MULTISET{ROW(1)})}
id 2
m MULTISET{ROW(3,MULTISET{ROW(4)}),ROW(4,MULTISET{ROW(2)})}
Definitely seems to be a bug in Informix.