Enhance the EXISTS-to-JOIN optimization so that it works on EXISTS subqueries

that do not have a WHERE clause, and so that it works on nested EXISTS
subqueries.

FossilOrigin-Name: c1d5295724f9cf7f49e0786d28016eff2d268a2b670f934d24c76787626089db

manifest

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Merge\sfixes\sfrom\strunk\sinto\sthe\sempty-table-optimizations\sbranch
-D 2025-07-04T14:24:18.375
+C Enhance\sthe\sEXISTS-to-JOIN\soptimization\sso\sthat\sit\sworks\son\sEXISTS\ssubqueries\nthat\sdo\snot\shave\sa\sWHERE\sclause,\sand\sso\sthat\sit\sworks\son\snested\sEXISTS\nsubqueries.
+D 2025-07-05T23:33:21.216
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-F src/select.c 6ce33294314f05898a35205566a7d7d5034f8a6f7ad9cb9e3804f4765a100290
+F src/select.c b1d4e1f21a32b4f33d3bf02c4167ac8da5aafb97210a0b13a9119d68183db37d
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@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ F test/exclusive.test 7ff63be7503990921838d5c9f77f6e33e68e48ed1a9d48cd28745bf650
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-F test/existsexpr.test d87e7ee394935f9b4a9a1a488f3faa55abd20dd85152efaf2034881a079c7ba1
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src/select.c

@@ -7418,11 +7418,17 @@ static int fromClauseTermCanBeCoroutine(
 **
 **    SELECT name FROM sailors AS S, reserves AS R
 **      WHERE S.sid = R.sid AND R.day = '2022-10-25';
+**
+** **Approximately**.  Really, we have to ensure that the FROM-clause term
+** that was formerly inside the EXISTS is only executed once.  This is handled
+** by setting the SrcItem.fg.fromExists flag, which then causes code in
+** the where.c file to exit the corresponding loop after the first successful
+** match (if any).
 */
 static SQLITE_NOINLINE void existsToJoin(
-  Parse *pParse,
-  Select *p,
-  Expr *pWhere
+  Parse *pParse,  /* Parsing context */
+  Select *p,      /* The SELECT statement being optimized */
+  Expr *pWhere    /* part of the WHERE clause currently being examined */
 ){
   if( pWhere 
    && !ExprHasProperty(pWhere, EP_OuterON|EP_InnerON) 
@@ -7437,9 +7443,9 @@ static SQLITE_NOINLINE void existsToJoin(
     }
     else if( pWhere->op==TK_EXISTS ){
       Select *pSub = pWhere->x.pSelect;
+      Expr *pSubWhere = pSub->pWhere;
       if( pSub->pSrc->nSrc==1
        && (pSub->selFlags & SF_Aggregate)==0
-       && pSub->pWhere
        && !pSub->pSrc->a[0].fg.isSubquery
       ){
         memset(pWhere, 0, sizeof(*pWhere));
@@ -7451,9 +7457,10 @@ static SQLITE_NOINLINE void existsToJoin(
         pSub->pSrc->a[0].fg.fromExists = 1;
         pSub->pSrc->a[0].fg.jointype |= JT_CROSS;
         p->pSrc = sqlite3SrcListAppendList(pParse, p->pSrc, pSub->pSrc);
-        p->pWhere = sqlite3PExpr(pParse, TK_AND, p->pWhere, pSub->pWhere);
-
+        if( pSubWhere ){
+          p->pWhere = sqlite3PExpr(pParse, TK_AND, p->pWhere, pSubWhere);
           pSub->pWhere = 0;
+        }
         pSub->pSrc = 0;
         sqlite3ParserAddCleanup(pParse, sqlite3SelectDeleteGeneric, pSub);
 #if TREETRACE_ENABLED
@@ -7463,6 +7470,7 @@ static SQLITE_NOINLINE void existsToJoin(
           sqlite3TreeViewSelect(0, p, 0);
         }
 #endif
+        existsToJoin(pParse, p, pSubWhere);
       }
     }
   }

test/existsexpr.test

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ do_subquery_test 3.7 1 {
   4 4 4
 }    
 
-do_subquery_test 3.8 1 {
+do_subquery_test 3.8 0 {
   SELECT * FROM y1 WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT a+1 FROM y2 )
 } {
   1 1 1