Re: Gsoc2012 idea, tablesample

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: Gsoc2012 idea, tablesample
Date: 2012-05-11 17:16:12
Message-ID: 4FAD030C0200002500047BF1@gw.wicourts.gov
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Kevin Grittner
> <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
>> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> The trouble is, AFAICS, that you can't bound M very well without
>>> scanning the whole table. I mean, it's bounded by theoretical
>>> limit, but that's it.
>>
>> What would the theoretical limit be?
>
> MaxHeapTuplesPerPage?

What about dead line pointers without corresponding tuples?

-Kevin

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