Re: [PERFORM] Bad n_distinct estimation; hacks suggested?

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: John A Meinel <john(at)arbash-meinel(dot)com>
Cc: Mischa Sandberg <mischa(dot)sandberg(at)telus(dot)net>, Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com>, pgsql-perform <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Bad n_distinct estimation; hacks suggested?
Date: 2005-05-04 00:52:54
Message-ID: 200505031752.54293.josh@agliodbs.com
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John,

> But doesn't an index only sample one column at a time, whereas with
> page-based sampling, you can sample all of the columns at once.

Hmmm. Yeah, we're not currently doing that though. Another good idea ...

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--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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