pgsql: Fix ndistinct estimates with system attributes

From: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix ndistinct estimates with system attributes
Date: 2021-03-26 21:59:51
Message-ID: E1lPuUh-0002Nh-Km@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix ndistinct estimates with system attributes

When estimating the number of groups using extended statistics, the code
was discarding information about system attributes. This led to strange
situation that

SELECT 1 FROM t GROUP BY ctid;

could have produced higher estimate (equal to pg_class.reltuples) than

SELECT 1 FROM t GROUP BY a, b, ctid;

with extended statistics on (a,b). Fixed by retaining information about
the system attribute.

Backpatch all the way to 10, where extended statistics were introduced.

Author: Tomas Vondra
Backpatch-through: 10

Branch
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REL_12_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/88acb0135720076599308e6fd58b659c81d1beba

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c | 6 +++---
src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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