diff --git a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteHandler.c b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteHandler.c
index 0ba42f05942d65973a5d58b250bef09878cbc200..ec22f1e6dd0e821d46351c27ac411c3fa9dd40e2 100644
--- a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteHandler.c
+++ b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteHandler.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteHandler.c,v 1.68 2000/03/12 18:57:05 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteHandler.c,v 1.69 2000/03/16 03:23:18 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -55,16 +55,11 @@ static RewriteInfo *gatherRewriteMeta(Query *parsetree,
 static bool rangeTableEntry_used(Node *node, int rt_index, int sublevels_up);
 static bool attribute_used(Node *node, int rt_index, int attno,
 						   int sublevels_up);
-static bool modifyAggrefUplevel(Node *node, void *context);
 static bool modifyAggrefChangeVarnodes(Node *node, int rt_index, int new_index,
 									   int sublevels_up, int new_sublevels_up);
 static Node *modifyAggrefDropQual(Node *node, Node *targetNode);
 static SubLink *modifyAggrefMakeSublink(Aggref *aggref, Query *parsetree);
 static Node *modifyAggrefQual(Node *node, Query *parsetree);
-static bool checkQueryHasAggs(Node *node);
-static bool checkQueryHasAggs_walker(Node *node, void *context);
-static bool checkQueryHasSubLink(Node *node);
-static bool checkQueryHasSubLink_walker(Node *node, void *context);
 static Query *fireRIRrules(Query *parsetree);
 static Query *Except_Intersect_Rewrite(Query *parsetree);
 static void check_targetlists_are_compatible(List *prev_target,
@@ -290,65 +285,15 @@ attribute_used(Node *node, int rt_index, int attno, int sublevels_up)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * modifyAggrefUplevel -
- *	In the newly created sublink for an aggregate column used in
- *	the qualification, we must increment the varlevelsup in all the
- *	var nodes.
- *
- * NOTE: although this has the form of a walker, we cheat and modify the
- * Var nodes in-place.  The given expression tree should have been copied
- * earlier to ensure that no unwanted side-effects occur!
- */
-static bool
-modifyAggrefUplevel(Node *node, void *context)
-{
-	if (node == NULL)
-		return false;
-	if (IsA(node, Var))
-	{
-		Var		   *var = (Var *) node;
-
-		var->varlevelsup++;
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (IsA(node, SubLink))
-	{
-		/*
-		 * Standard expression_tree_walker will not recurse into subselect,
-		 * but here we must do so.
-		 */
-		SubLink    *sub = (SubLink *) node;
-
-		if (modifyAggrefUplevel((Node *) (sub->lefthand), context))
-			return true;
-		if (modifyAggrefUplevel((Node *) (sub->subselect), context))
-			return true;
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (IsA(node, Query))
-	{
-		/* Reach here after recursing down into subselect above... */
-		Query	   *qry = (Query *) node;
-
-		if (modifyAggrefUplevel((Node *) (qry->targetList), context))
-			return true;
-		if (modifyAggrefUplevel((Node *) (qry->qual), context))
-			return true;
-		if (modifyAggrefUplevel((Node *) (qry->havingQual), context))
-			return true;
-		return false;
-	}
-	return expression_tree_walker(node, modifyAggrefUplevel,
-								  (void *) context);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * modifyAggrefChangeVarnodes -
  *	Change the var nodes in a sublink created for an aggregate column
  *	used in the qualification to point to the correct local RTE.
  *
+ * XXX if we still need this after redoing querytree design, it should
+ * be combined with ChangeVarNodes, which is the same thing except for
+ * not having the option to adjust the vars' varlevelsup.
+ *
  * NOTE: although this has the form of a walker, we cheat and modify the
  * Var nodes in-place.  The given expression tree should have been copied
  * earlier to ensure that no unwanted side-effects occur!
@@ -547,18 +492,18 @@ modifyAggrefMakeSublink(Aggref *aggref, Query *parsetree)
 	 * Recursing would be a bad idea --- we'd likely produce an
 	 * infinite recursion.  This whole technique is a crock, really...
 	 */
-	if (checkQueryHasAggs(subquery->qual))
+	if (checkExprHasAggs(subquery->qual))
 		elog(ERROR, "Cannot handle multiple aggregate functions in WHERE clause");
 	subquery->groupClause = NIL;
 	subquery->havingQual = NULL;
 	subquery->hasAggs = TRUE;
-	subquery->hasSubLinks = checkQueryHasSubLink(subquery->qual);
+	subquery->hasSubLinks = checkExprHasSubLink(subquery->qual);
 	subquery->unionClause = NULL;
 
 	/* Increment all varlevelsup fields in the new subquery */
-	modifyAggrefUplevel((Node *) subquery, NULL);
+	IncrementVarSublevelsUp((Node *) subquery, 1, 0);
 
-	/* Replace references to the target table with correct varno.
+	/* Replace references to the target table with correct local varno.
 	 * Note +1 here to account for effects of previous line!
 	 */
 	modifyAggrefChangeVarnodes((Node *) subquery, target->varno,
@@ -600,49 +545,6 @@ modifyAggrefQual(Node *node, Query *parsetree)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * checkQueryHasAggs -
- *	Queries marked hasAggs might not have them any longer after
- *	rewriting. Check it.
- */
-static bool
-checkQueryHasAggs(Node *node)
-{
-	return checkQueryHasAggs_walker(node, NULL);
-}
-
-static bool
-checkQueryHasAggs_walker(Node *node, void *context)
-{
-	if (node == NULL)
-		return false;
-	if (IsA(node, Aggref))
-		return true;			/* abort the tree traversal and return true */
-	return expression_tree_walker(node, checkQueryHasAggs_walker, context);
-}
-
-/*
- * checkQueryHasSubLink -
- *	Queries marked hasSubLinks might not have them any longer after
- *	rewriting. Check it.
- */
-static bool
-checkQueryHasSubLink(Node *node)
-{
-	return checkQueryHasSubLink_walker(node, NULL);
-}
-
-static bool
-checkQueryHasSubLink_walker(Node *node, void *context)
-{
-	if (node == NULL)
-		return false;
-	if (IsA(node, SubLink))
-		return true;			/* abort the tree traversal and return true */
-	return expression_tree_walker(node, checkQueryHasSubLink_walker, context);
-}
-
-
 static Node *
 FindMatchingTLEntry(List *tlist, char *e_attname)
 {
@@ -675,38 +577,6 @@ make_null(Oid type)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * apply_RIR_adjust_sublevel -
- *	Set the varlevelsup field of all Var nodes in the given expression tree
- *	to sublevels_up.  We do NOT recurse into subselects.
- *
- * NOTE: although this has the form of a walker, we cheat and modify the
- * Var nodes in-place.  The given expression tree should have been copied
- * earlier to ensure that no unwanted side-effects occur!
- */
-static bool
-apply_RIR_adjust_sublevel_walker(Node *node, int *sublevels_up)
-{
-	if (node == NULL)
-		return false;
-	if (IsA(node, Var))
-	{
-		Var		   *var = (Var *) node;
-
-		var->varlevelsup = *sublevels_up;
-		return false;
-	}
-	return expression_tree_walker(node, apply_RIR_adjust_sublevel_walker,
-								  (void *) sublevels_up);
-}
-
-static void
-apply_RIR_adjust_sublevel(Node *node, int sublevels_up)
-{
-	apply_RIR_adjust_sublevel_walker(node, &sublevels_up);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * apply_RIR_view
  *	Replace Vars matching a given RT index with copies of TL expressions.
@@ -749,9 +619,12 @@ apply_RIR_view_mutator(Node *node,
 				return make_null(var->vartype);
 			}
 
+			/* Make a copy of the tlist item to return */
 			expr = copyObject(expr);
+			/* Adjust varlevelsup if tlist item is from higher query level */
 			if (var->varlevelsup > 0)
-				apply_RIR_adjust_sublevel(expr, var->varlevelsup);
+				IncrementVarSublevelsUp(expr, var->varlevelsup, 0);
+
 			*(context->modified) = true;
 			return (Node *) expr;
 		}
@@ -1279,8 +1152,11 @@ fireRules(Query *parsetree,
 			else
 				qual_product = (Query *) nth(0, *qual_products);
 
+			MemSet(&qual_info, 0, sizeof(qual_info));
 			qual_info.event = qual_product->commandType;
+			qual_info.current_varno = rt_index;
 			qual_info.new_varno = length(qual_product->rtable) + 2;
+
 			qual_product = CopyAndAddQual(qual_product,
 										  actions,
 										  event_qual,
@@ -1575,16 +1451,16 @@ BasicQueryRewrite(Query *parsetree)
 		if (query->hasAggs)
 		{
 			query->hasAggs =
-				checkQueryHasAggs((Node *) (query->targetList)) ||
-				checkQueryHasAggs((Node *) (query->havingQual));
-			if (checkQueryHasAggs((Node *) (query->qual)))
+				checkExprHasAggs((Node *) (query->targetList)) ||
+				checkExprHasAggs((Node *) (query->havingQual));
+			if (checkExprHasAggs((Node *) (query->qual)))
 				elog(ERROR, "BasicQueryRewrite: failed to remove aggs from qual");
 		}
 		if (query->hasSubLinks)
 			query->hasSubLinks =
-				checkQueryHasSubLink((Node *) (query->targetList)) ||
-				checkQueryHasSubLink((Node *) (query->qual)) ||
-				checkQueryHasSubLink((Node *) (query->havingQual));
+				checkExprHasSubLink((Node *) (query->targetList)) ||
+				checkExprHasSubLink((Node *) (query->qual)) ||
+				checkExprHasSubLink((Node *) (query->havingQual));
 		results = lappend(results, query);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c
index 01f33ecf8f35dfb5f36a4c5d1f30180c5b665dcc..e8224d80b3a507928dc8f4aeeda525ba2a3dc2a6 100644
--- a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c
+++ b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c,v 1.44 2000/01/27 18:11:37 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteManip.c,v 1.45 2000/03/16 03:23:18 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -31,6 +31,52 @@
 #define MUTATE(newfield, oldfield, fieldtype, mutator, context)  \
 		( (newfield) = (fieldtype) mutator((Node *) (oldfield), (context)) )
 
+static bool checkExprHasAggs_walker(Node *node, void *context);
+static bool checkExprHasSubLink_walker(Node *node, void *context);
+
+
+/*
+ * checkExprHasAggs -
+ *	Queries marked hasAggs might not have them any longer after
+ *	rewriting. Check it.
+ */
+bool
+checkExprHasAggs(Node *node)
+{
+	return checkExprHasAggs_walker(node, NULL);
+}
+
+static bool
+checkExprHasAggs_walker(Node *node, void *context)
+{
+	if (node == NULL)
+		return false;
+	if (IsA(node, Aggref))
+		return true;			/* abort the tree traversal and return true */
+	return expression_tree_walker(node, checkExprHasAggs_walker, context);
+}
+
+/*
+ * checkExprHasSubLink -
+ *	Queries marked hasSubLinks might not have them any longer after
+ *	rewriting. Check it.
+ */
+bool
+checkExprHasSubLink(Node *node)
+{
+	return checkExprHasSubLink_walker(node, NULL);
+}
+
+static bool
+checkExprHasSubLink_walker(Node *node, void *context)
+{
+	if (node == NULL)
+		return false;
+	if (IsA(node, SubLink))
+		return true;			/* abort the tree traversal and return true */
+	return expression_tree_walker(node, checkExprHasSubLink_walker, context);
+}
+
 
 /*
  * OffsetVarNodes - adjust Vars when appending one query's RT to another
@@ -194,6 +240,89 @@ ChangeVarNodes(Node *node, int rt_index, int new_index, int sublevels_up)
 	ChangeVarNodes_walker(node, &context);
 }
 
+/*
+ * IncrementVarSublevelsUp - adjust Var nodes when pushing them down in tree
+ *
+ * Find all Var nodes in the given tree having varlevelsup >= min_sublevels_up,
+ * and add delta_sublevels_up to their varlevelsup value.  This is needed when
+ * an expression that's correct for some nesting level is inserted into a
+ * subquery.  Ordinarily the initial call has min_sublevels_up == 0 so that
+ * all Vars are affected.  The point of min_sublevels_up is that we can
+ * increment it when we recurse into a sublink, so that local variables in
+ * that sublink are not affected, only outer references to vars that belong
+ * to the expression's original query level or parents thereof.
+ *
+ * NOTE: although this has the form of a walker, we cheat and modify the
+ * Var nodes in-place.  The given expression tree should have been copied
+ * earlier to ensure that no unwanted side-effects occur!
+ */
+
+typedef struct {
+	int			delta_sublevels_up;
+	int			min_sublevels_up;
+} IncrementVarSublevelsUp_context;
+
+static bool
+IncrementVarSublevelsUp_walker(Node *node,
+							   IncrementVarSublevelsUp_context *context)
+{
+	if (node == NULL)
+		return false;
+	if (IsA(node, Var))
+	{
+		Var		   *var = (Var *) node;
+
+		if (var->varlevelsup >= context->min_sublevels_up)
+			var->varlevelsup += context->delta_sublevels_up;
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (IsA(node, SubLink))
+	{
+		/*
+		 * Standard expression_tree_walker will not recurse into subselect,
+		 * but here we must do so.
+		 */
+		SubLink    *sub = (SubLink *) node;
+
+		if (IncrementVarSublevelsUp_walker((Node *) (sub->lefthand),
+										   context))
+			return true;
+		IncrementVarSublevelsUp((Node *) (sub->subselect),
+								context->delta_sublevels_up,
+								context->min_sublevels_up + 1);
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (IsA(node, Query))
+	{
+		/* Reach here after recursing down into subselect above... */
+		Query	   *qry = (Query *) node;
+
+		if (IncrementVarSublevelsUp_walker((Node *) (qry->targetList),
+										   context))
+			return true;
+		if (IncrementVarSublevelsUp_walker((Node *) (qry->qual),
+										   context))
+			return true;
+		if (IncrementVarSublevelsUp_walker((Node *) (qry->havingQual),
+										   context))
+			return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+	return expression_tree_walker(node, IncrementVarSublevelsUp_walker,
+								  (void *) context);
+}
+
+void
+IncrementVarSublevelsUp(Node *node, int delta_sublevels_up,
+						int min_sublevels_up)
+{
+	IncrementVarSublevelsUp_context context;
+
+	context.delta_sublevels_up = delta_sublevels_up;
+	context.min_sublevels_up = min_sublevels_up;
+	IncrementVarSublevelsUp_walker(node, &context);
+}
+
 /*
  * Add the given qualifier condition to the query's WHERE clause
  */
@@ -214,6 +343,13 @@ AddQual(Query *parsetree, Node *qual)
 		parsetree->qual = copy;
 	else
 		parsetree->qual = (Node *) make_andclause(makeList(old, copy, -1));
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure query is marked correctly if added qual has sublinks or
+	 * aggregates (not sure it can ever have aggs, but sublinks definitely).
+	 */
+	parsetree->hasAggs |= checkExprHasAggs(copy);
+	parsetree->hasSubLinks |= checkExprHasSubLink(copy);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -237,6 +373,13 @@ AddHavingQual(Query *parsetree, Node *havingQual)
 		parsetree->havingQual = copy;
 	else
 		parsetree->havingQual = (Node *) make_andclause(makeList(old, copy, -1));
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure query is marked correctly if added qual has sublinks or
+	 * aggregates (not sure it can ever have aggs, but sublinks definitely).
+	 */
+	parsetree->hasAggs |= checkExprHasAggs(copy);
+	parsetree->hasSubLinks |= checkExprHasSubLink(copy);
 }
 
 #ifdef NOT_USED
@@ -428,13 +571,9 @@ ResolveNew_mutator(Node *node, ResolveNew_context *context)
 			{
 				/* Make a copy of the tlist item to return */
 				n = copyObject(n);
-				if (IsA(n, Var))
-				{
-					((Var *) n)->varlevelsup = this_varlevelsup;
-				}
-				/* XXX what to do if tlist item is NOT a var?
-				 * Should we be using something like apply_RIR_adjust_sublevel?
-				 */
+				/* Adjust varlevelsup if tlist item is from higher query */
+				if (this_varlevelsup > 0)
+					IncrementVarSublevelsUp(n, this_varlevelsup, 0);
 				return n;
 			}
 		}
@@ -552,24 +691,26 @@ HandleRIRAttributeRule_mutator(Node *node,
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				NameData	name_to_look_for;
-
-				NameStr(name_to_look_for)[0] = '\0';
-				namestrcpy(&name_to_look_for,
-						   (char *) get_attname(getrelid(this_varno,
-														 context->rtable),
-												this_varattno));
-				if (NameStr(name_to_look_for)[0])
+				char   *name_to_look_for;
+
+				name_to_look_for = get_attname(getrelid(this_varno,
+														context->rtable),
+											   this_varattno);
+				if (name_to_look_for)
 				{
 					Node	   *n;
 
 					*context->modified = TRUE;
 					n = FindMatchingTLEntry(context->targetlist,
-											(char *) &name_to_look_for);
+											name_to_look_for);
 					if (n == NULL)
 						return make_null(var->vartype);
-					else
-						return copyObject(n);
+					/* Make a copy of the tlist item to return */
+					n = copyObject(n);
+					/* Adjust varlevelsup if tlist item is from higher query */
+					if (this_varlevelsup > 0)
+						IncrementVarSublevelsUp(n, this_varlevelsup, 0);
+					return n;
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/include/rewrite/rewriteManip.h b/src/include/rewrite/rewriteManip.h
index 35997e5878a6451ccdec45874d21890ae162c2c1..33ea824cf2febe111a0e481f0b0311cae5e37830 100644
--- a/src/include/rewrite/rewriteManip.h
+++ b/src/include/rewrite/rewriteManip.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: rewriteManip.h,v 1.19 2000/01/26 05:58:30 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: rewriteManip.h,v 1.20 2000/03/16 03:23:17 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@
 extern void OffsetVarNodes(Node *node, int offset, int sublevels_up);
 extern void ChangeVarNodes(Node *node, int old_varno, int new_varno,
 						   int sublevels_up);
+extern void IncrementVarSublevelsUp(Node *node, int delta_sublevels_up,
+									int min_sublevels_up);
 extern void AddQual(Query *parsetree, Node *qual);
 extern void AddHavingQual(Query *parsetree, Node *havingQual);
 extern void AddNotQual(Query *parsetree, Node *qual);
 extern void AddGroupClause(Query *parsetree, List *group_by, List *tlist);
 
+extern bool checkExprHasAggs(Node *node);
+extern bool checkExprHasSubLink(Node *node);
+
 extern void FixNew(RewriteInfo *info, Query *parsetree);
 
 extern void HandleRIRAttributeRule(Query *parsetree, List *rtable,