Re: Gsoc2012 idea, tablesample

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
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Subject: Re: Gsoc2012 idea, tablesample
Date: 2012-05-11 17:05:37
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYHC+KCz_uJakW92quktb1w8i3E1OJGygrTusSj76DgvQ@mail.gmail.com
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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?

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Robert Haas
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