Re: WTF with hash index?

On 11/13/2018 12:39 PM, Andreas Kretschmer wrote:
>
>
> Am 13.11.2018 um 19:12 schrieb Ron:
>> On 11/13/2018 12:07 PM, Andreas Kretschmer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 13.11.2018 um 17:42 schrieb Олег Самойлов:
>>>> insert into gender (gender) select case when random<0.50 then 'female'
>>>> when random<0.99 then 'male' else 'other' end from (select random() as
>>>> random, generate_series(1,:table_size)) as subselect;
>>>
>>> is that really your intended data distibution? 99% male?
>>
>> select case when random<0.50 then 'female'
>> when random<0.99 then 'male'
>>             else 'other' end
>> from (select random() as random, generate_series(1,:table_size)) as
>> subselect;
>>
>> Shouldn't that make 49% male?
>
>
> you are right, my fault :-(.
> the case - statement will be left if the first condition is true.

I had to read it thrice. :)  It's an example of why I like white space and
indenting...

--
Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.