Function ExecGetInsertNewTuple

src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c:579–612

* ExecGetInsertNewTuple * This prepares a "new" tuple ready to be inserted into given result * relation, by removing any junk columns of the plan's output tuple * and (if necessary) coercing the tuple to the right tuple format. */

 *		and (if necessary) coercing the tuple to the right tuple format.
 */
static TupleTableSlot *
ExecGetInsertNewTuple(ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
					  TupleTableSlot *planSlot)
{
	ProjectionInfo *newProj = relinfo->ri_projectNew;
	ExprContext *econtext;

	/*
	 * If there's no projection to be done, just make sure the slot is of the
	 * right type for the target rel.  If the planSlot is the right type we
	 * can use it as-is, else copy the data into ri_newTupleSlot.
	 */
	if (newProj == NULL)
	{
		if (relinfo->ri_newTupleSlot->tts_ops != planSlot->tts_ops)
		{
			ExecCopySlot(relinfo->ri_newTupleSlot, planSlot);
			return relinfo->ri_newTupleSlot;
		}
		else
			return planSlot;
	}

	/*
	 * Else project; since the projection output slot is ri_newTupleSlot, this
	 * will also fix any slot-type problem.
	 *
	 * Note: currently, this is dead code, because INSERT cases don't receive
	 * any junk columns so there's never a projection to be done.
	 */
	econtext = newProj->pi_exprContext;
	econtext->ecxt_outertuple = planSlot;
	return ExecProject(newProj);
}

/*
 * ExecGetUpdateNewTuple