alamb opened a new issue, #17590: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/17590
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? ### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? One form of Case statements look like ```sql CASE WHEN <expr> THEN <expr> WHEN <expr> THEN <expr> ... ELSE END ``` As suggested by @geoffreyclaude in https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/17448#issuecomment-3293549174 Any `WHEN false` will never execute and thus can be removed from the For example ```sql CASE WHEN false THEN 1 -- never executed ELSE 2 END ``` Could be simplified to ```sql 2 ``` Likewise ```sql CASE WHEN x=y THEN 1 WHEN false THEN 2 -- never executed ELSE 3 END ``` Could be simplified to ```sql CASE WHEN x=y THEN 1 ELSE 3 END ``` ### Describe the solution you'd like I would like to implement the simplification above ### Describe alternatives you've considered I think we can just extend the existing rules for CASE simplification here: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/ec4413e7d7b41c381c98eda909e5ab650be4c5e5/datafusion/optimizer/src/simplify_expressions/expr_simplifier.rs#L1398-L1400 An example is In https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/17450 where @EeshanBembi implemented a new CASE simplification ### Additional context _No response_¯ ### Describe the solution you'd like _No response_ ### Describe alternatives you've considered _No response_ ### Additional context _No response_ -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: github-h...@datafusion.apache.org