>
> >> For this warning in the regression tests, you should only need one
> >> element, reducing the number of input lines?
> >
> > That's true IF we decide that missing expression keys are a thing that we
> > allow, and per conversation above it's not clear yet that we do.
>
> If ANALYZE can generate some partial data for a set of expression (aka
> generating some data for a portion of the expressions defined but skip
> some of them because of reason x_y_z), the restore function needs to
> cope with this policy (I'd need to double-check the code to be sure,
> not sure on top of my mind now and I cannot do that today,
> unfortunately).
>

In this latest patch, I decided that we can tolerate missing exprs
parameters, and as you'll see from the 0002 patch, it does result in
considerable decluttering.

Hmm.  I would not rely on the ordering of the items as they are
> scanned, that seems like a recipe for disaster.  We have a text
> representation of the expression, as of pg_stats_ext_exprs.expr.  This
> could be mapped with the elements of hte text[] in pg_stats_ext.exprs.
> Here is a wilder idea: why not just putting the expression text itself
> in the data given in input of the restore function rather than a
> guessed argument number?  For the case of manual stats injections,
> that kinds of makes things simpler.
>

The patch I submitted here hasn't yet implemented using the expression text
as a key, and honestly I'm not too hyped on the prospect of trying.

I think that:

1. I don't think we can guarantee that the expression node text is stable
across major versions, and that would break upgrades, the primary function
of this code.
2. Anyone wanting to modify/hack the exprs values has almost certainly
extracted it using the jsonb_build_object() code in pg_dump, so they
already have all expressions before editing.
3. Array unnest() has proven to give a stable order in all tests so far.
4. We don't decompose mcv into it's parts, so why do that for exprs?

Yeah, it sounds to me that we should just set ok=false and give up
> rather than have a semi-filled set of numbers for a single extended
> stats object.  There is an argument in favor of that: it can simplify
> the detection of missing stats for a single extended stats definition.
> I understand that you'd want to keep going with loading the data even
> if it's partial.  My question is: is it possible for ANALYZE to fill
> in only a portion of the expressions and can these be partially
> skipped?  If the answer to my question is yes, the restore function
> should do the same and my idea of the matter is wrong.  If the answer
> to my question is no, then your idea on this matter is the right one.
>

In which case I think you'll like the latest patchset.


>
> > 4. Does casting the numeric scalar values (null_frac, correlation,
> > avg_width, n_distinct) to text make sense, since we have to put them
> > through type-specific input functions anyway?
>
> In terms of JSON, it makes the use of a representation simpler.  I
> don't think that we need to apply a strict casting when fetching them.
>

Everything is jbvStrings now.


> @Tomas (now added in CC for confirmation): would you see a problem
> against applying a JSONB data type to the argument for the restore of
> extended stats?  This level of data serialization would be required
> when inserting data for what would show up into pg_stats_ext_exprs.
>

Very interested to hear his thoughts as well.
From c0d249202d66c01c7e1c7092a361c2beecd958c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Huinker <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:22:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v3] Add support for "exprs" in pg_restore_extended_stats()

This commit adds support for the restore of extended statistics of the
kind "exprs".

The input format consists of a jsonb object which must be an array of
objects which are keyed by statistics parameter names, like this:

[{"stat_type1": "...", "stat_type2": "...", ...},
 {"stat_type1": "...", "stat_type2": "...", ...}, ...]

The outer array must have as many elements as there are expressions
defined in the statistics object. The keys of the inner objects are
names of some or all of the statistical columns in pg_stats_ext_exprs
(i.e. everything after "inherited"). Not all parameter keys need to be
provided, those omitted are silently ignored.

The expected value type for all parameters is jbvString, which allows
us to validate the values using the input function specific to that
parameter. Any parameters with a null value are silently ignored, same
as if they werent provided in the first place.
---
 src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c | 706 +++++++++++++++++-
 src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c                     |  44 +-
 src/test/regress/expected/stats_import.out    | 600 ++++++++++++++-
 src/test/regress/sql/stats_import.sql         | 373 ++++++++-
 doc/src/sgml/func/func-admin.sgml             |  42 +-
 5 files changed, 1727 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c
index db107684607..305a069e9c2 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/fmgroids.h"
+#include "utils/jsonb.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
+#include "utils/typcache.h"
 
 
 /*
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ enum extended_stats_argnum
 	MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG,
 	MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG,
 	MOST_COMMON_BASE_FREQS_ARG,
+	EXPRESSIONS_ARG,
 	NUM_EXTENDED_STATS_ARGS,
 };
 
@@ -70,9 +73,49 @@ static struct StatsArgInfo extarginfo[] =
 	[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG] = {"most_common_vals", TEXTARRAYOID},
 	[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG] = {"most_common_freqs", FLOAT8ARRAYOID},
 	[MOST_COMMON_BASE_FREQS_ARG] = {"most_common_base_freqs", FLOAT8ARRAYOID},
+	[EXPRESSIONS_ARG] = {"exprs", JSONBOID},
 	[NUM_EXTENDED_STATS_ARGS] = {0},
 };
 
+/*
+ * An index of the elements of a stxdexprs Datum, which repeat for each
+ * expression in the extended statistics object.
+ *
+ * NOTE: the RANGE_LENGTH & RANGE_BOUNDS stats are not yet reflected in any
+ * version of pg_stat_ext_exprs.
+ */
+enum extended_stats_exprs_element
+{
+	NULL_FRAC_ELEM = 0,
+	AVG_WIDTH_ELEM,
+	N_DISTINCT_ELEM,
+	MOST_COMMON_VALS_ELEM,
+	MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ELEM,
+	HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS_ELEM,
+	CORRELATION_ELEM,
+	MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ELEM,
+	MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ELEM,
+	ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ELEM,
+	NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ELEMS
+};
+
+/*
+ * The argument names of the repeating arguments for stxdexprs.
+ */
+static const char *extexprargname[NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ELEMS] =
+{
+	"null_frac",
+	"avg_width",
+	"n_distinct",
+	"most_common_vals",
+	"most_common_freqs",
+	"histogram_bounds",
+	"correlation",
+	"most_common_elems",
+	"most_common_elem_freqs",
+	"elem_count_histogram",
+};
+
 static bool extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
 
 static HeapTuple get_pg_statistic_ext(Relation pg_stext, Oid nspoid,
@@ -98,6 +141,10 @@ static void upsert_pg_statistic_ext_data(const Datum *values,
 
 static bool check_mcvlist_array(const ArrayType *arr, int argindex,
 								int required_ndims, int mcv_length);
+static Datum import_expressions(Relation pgsd, int numexprs,
+								Oid *atttypids, int32 *atttypmods,
+								Oid *atttypcolls, Jsonb *exprs_jsonb,
+								bool *ok);
 static Datum import_mcv(const ArrayType *mcv_arr,
 						const ArrayType *freqs_arr,
 						const ArrayType *base_freqs_arr,
@@ -105,6 +152,9 @@ static Datum import_mcv(const ArrayType *mcv_arr,
 						Oid *atttypcolls, int numattrs,
 						bool *ok);
 
+static char *jbv_string_get_cstr(JsonbValue *jval);
+static Datum jbv_string_get_text_datum(JsonbValue *jval);
+static bool jbv_to_infunc_datum(JsonbValue *jval, PGFunction func, const char *argname, char *argtype, Datum *datum);
 
 /*
  * Fetch a pg_statistic_ext row by name and namespace OID.
@@ -296,6 +346,7 @@ extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 			   !PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_BASE_FREQS_ARG));
 	has.ndistinct = !PG_ARGISNULL(NDISTINCT_ARG);
 	has.dependencies = !PG_ARGISNULL(DEPENDENCIES_ARG);
+	has.expressions = !PG_ARGISNULL(EXPRESSIONS_ARG);
 
 	if (RecoveryInProgress())
 	{
@@ -418,11 +469,11 @@ extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 	{
 		ereport(WARNING,
 				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-				errmsg("cannot specify parameter \"%s\"",
-					   extarginfo[NDISTINCT_ARG].argname),
-				errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" does not support statistics of this type.",
+				errmsg("invalid statistics type for object"),
+				errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" does not support statistics of type \"%s\".",
 						quote_identifier(nspname),
-						quote_identifier(stxname)));
+						quote_identifier(stxname),
+						extarginfo[NDISTINCT_ARG].argname));
 
 		has.ndistinct = false;
 		success = false;
@@ -436,11 +487,11 @@ extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 	{
 		ereport(WARNING,
 				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-				errmsg("cannot specify parameter \"%s\"",
-					   extarginfo[DEPENDENCIES_ARG].argname),
-				errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" does not support statistics of this type.",
+				errmsg("invalid statistics type for object"),
+				errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" does not support statistics of type \"%s\".",
 						quote_identifier(nspname),
-						quote_identifier(stxname)));
+						quote_identifier(stxname),
+						extarginfo[DEPENDENCIES_ARG].argname));
 		has.dependencies = false;
 		success = false;
 	}
@@ -459,13 +510,13 @@ extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 		{
 			ereport(WARNING,
 					errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-					errmsg("cannot specify parameters \"%s\", \"%s\" or \"%s\"",
-						   extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG].argname,
-						   extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG].argname,
-						   extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_BASE_FREQS_ARG].argname),
-					errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" does not support statistics of this type.",
+					errmsg("invalid statistics type for object"),
+					errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" does not support statistics of type \"%s\", \"%s\", or \"%s\".",
 							quote_identifier(nspname),
-							quote_identifier(stxname)));
+							quote_identifier(stxname),
+							extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG].argname,
+							extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG].argname,
+							extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_BASE_FREQS_ARG].argname));
 
 			has.mcv = false;
 			success = false;
@@ -484,14 +535,32 @@ extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 		{
 			ereport(WARNING,
 					errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-					errmsg("could not use \"%s\", \"%s\" and \"%s\": missing one or more parameters",
-						   extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG].argname,
-						   extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG].argname,
-						   extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_BASE_FREQS_ARG].argname));
+					errmsg("incomplete statistics for kind \"%s\"", "mcv"),
+					errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" missing one or more of \"%s\", \"%s\" and \"%s\"",
+							quote_identifier(nspname),
+							quote_identifier(stxname),
+							extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG].argname,
+							extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG].argname,
+							extarginfo[MOST_COMMON_BASE_FREQS_ARG].argname));
 			success = false;
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* If the object can't support expressions, we should not have them. */
+	if (has.expressions && !enabled.expressions)
+	{
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				errmsg("invalid statistics type for object"),
+				errhint("Extended statistics object \"%s\".\"%s\" does not support statistics of type \"%s\".",
+						quote_identifier(nspname),
+						quote_identifier(stxname),
+						extarginfo[EXPRESSIONS_ARG].argname));
+
+		has.expressions = false;
+		success = false;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Either of these statistic types requires that we supply a semi-filled
 	 * VacAttrStatP array.
@@ -501,7 +570,7 @@ extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 	 * attstattarget is 0, and we may have statistics data to import for those
 	 * attributes.
 	 */
-	if (has.mcv)
+	if (has.mcv || has.expressions)
 	{
 		atttypids = palloc0_array(Oid, numattrs);
 		atttypmods = palloc0_array(int32, numattrs);
@@ -636,6 +705,42 @@ extended_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 			success = false;
 	}
 
+	if (has.expressions)
+	{
+		Datum		datum;
+		Relation	pgsd;
+		bool		ok = false;
+
+		pgsd = table_open(StatisticRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
+
+		/*
+		 * Generate the expressions array.
+		 *
+		 * The attytypids, attytypmods, and atttypcolls arrays have all the
+		 * regular attributes listed first, so we can pass those arrays with a
+		 * start point after the last regular attribute, and there should be
+		 * numexprs elements remaining.
+		 */
+		datum = import_expressions(pgsd, numexprs,
+								   &atttypids[numattnums],
+								   &atttypmods[numattnums],
+								   &atttypcolls[numattnums],
+								   PG_GETARG_JSONB_P(EXPRESSIONS_ARG),
+								   &ok);
+
+		table_close(pgsd, RowExclusiveLock);
+
+		if (ok)
+		{
+			Assert(datum != (Datum) 0);
+			values[Anum_pg_statistic_ext_data_stxdexpr - 1] = datum;
+			replaces[Anum_pg_statistic_ext_data_stxdexpr - 1] = true;
+			nulls[Anum_pg_statistic_ext_data_stxdexpr - 1] = false;
+		}
+		else
+			success = false;
+	}
+
 	upsert_pg_statistic_ext_data(values, nulls, replaces);
 
 cleanup:
@@ -764,6 +869,569 @@ mcv_error:
 	return mcv;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Look up a key in a json object. Return string values as-is. Treat jbvNull
+ * the same as if the key was not found. Anything else is a soft error.
+ */
+static bool
+key_lookup(JsonbContainer *cont, const char *key, JsonbValue *val)
+{
+	Assert(JsonContainerIsObject(cont));
+
+	if (getKeyJsonValueFromContainer(cont, key, strlen(key), val) == NULL)
+		return false;
+
+	if (val->type == jbvNull)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if a given unterminated string is found in the list of expression argnames.
+ */
+static bool
+key_in_expr_argnames(JsonbValue *key)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ELEMS; i++)
+	{
+		if (strncmp(extexprargname[i], key->val.string.val, key->val.string.len) == 0)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Verify that all of the keys in the object are valid argnames.
+ */
+static void
+check_valid_expr_argnames(JsonbContainer *cont)
+{
+	bool		all_keys_valid = true;
+
+	JsonbIterator *jbit;
+	JsonbIteratorToken jitok;
+	JsonbValue	jkey;
+
+	Assert(JsonContainerIsObject(cont));
+
+	jbit = JsonbIteratorInit(cont);
+
+	/* We always start off with a BEGIN OBJECT */
+	jitok = JsonbIteratorNext(&jbit, &jkey, false);
+	Assert(jitok == WJB_BEGIN_OBJECT);
+
+	while (true)
+	{
+		JsonbValue	jval;
+		char	   *s;
+
+		jitok = JsonbIteratorNext(&jbit, &jkey, false);
+
+		/*
+		 * We have run of keys. This is the only condition where it is
+		 * memory-safe to break out of the loop.
+		 */
+		if (jitok == WJB_END_OBJECT)
+			break;
+
+		/* We can only find keys inside an object */
+		Assert(jitok == WJB_KEY);
+		Assert(jkey.type == jbvString);
+
+		/* A value must follow the key, it must be a string or null */
+		jitok = JsonbIteratorNext(&jbit, &jval, false);
+		Assert(jitok == WJB_VALUE);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we have already found an invalid key, there is no point in
+		 * looking for more, because additional WARNINGs are just clutter. But
+		 * we must continue iterating over the json to ensure that we clean up
+		 * all memory.
+		 */
+		if (!all_keys_valid)
+			continue;
+
+		if (key_in_expr_argnames(&jkey))
+			continue;
+
+		s = jbv_string_get_cstr(&jkey);
+
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				errmsg("malformed expr expression: \"%s\": is not an expression key name, value ignored", s));
+
+		pfree(s);
+		all_keys_valid = false;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Simple conversion of jsonb string val to cstring
+ */
+static char *
+jbv_string_get_cstr(JsonbValue *jval)
+{
+	char	   *s;
+
+	Assert(jval->type == jbvString);
+
+	s = palloc0(jval->val.string.len + 1);
+	memcpy(s, jval->val.string.val, jval->val.string.len);
+
+	return s;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Simple conversion of jsonb string val to TextDatum
+ */
+static Datum
+jbv_string_get_text_datum(JsonbValue *jval)
+{
+	char	   *s = jbv_string_get_cstr(jval);
+	Datum		datum = CStringGetTextDatum(s);
+
+	pfree(s);
+	return datum;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Apply a jbvString value to a safe scalar input function.
+ */
+static bool
+jbv_to_infunc_datum(JsonbValue *jval, PGFunction func, const char *argname,
+					char *argtype, Datum *datum)
+{
+	ErrorSaveContext escontext = {T_ErrorSaveContext};
+
+	char	   *s = jbv_string_get_cstr(jval);
+	bool		ok;
+
+	ok = DirectInputFunctionCallSafe(func, s, InvalidOid, -1,
+									 (Node *) &escontext, datum);
+
+	if (!ok)
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				errmsg("could not parse expression element \"%s\" value \"%s\": invalid type \"%s\"",
+					   argname, s, argtype));
+
+	pfree(s);
+	return ok;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a pg_statistic tuple from an expression container.
+ *
+ * stxdexprs is an array of pg_statistic rows with all of the object
+ * identification fields left at defaults.
+ */
+static Datum
+import_pg_statistic(Relation pgsd, JsonbContainer *cont, FmgrInfo *array_in_fn,
+					Oid typid, int32 typmod, Oid typcoll, bool *ok)
+{
+	TypeCacheEntry *typcache;
+	Datum		values[Natts_pg_statistic];
+	bool		nulls[Natts_pg_statistic];
+	bool		replaces[Natts_pg_statistic];
+	HeapTuple	pgstup = NULL;
+	Datum		pgstdat = (Datum) 0;
+	Oid			elemtypid = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			elemeqopr = InvalidOid;
+
+	bool		found[NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ELEMS] = {0};
+	JsonbValue	val[NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ELEMS] = {0};
+
+	Assert(JsonContainerIsObject(cont));
+
+	*ok = false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Loop through all keys that we need to look up. Treat jbvNull the same
+	 * as if we didn't find the value. If any values we find aren't jbvString,
+	 * then we're going to give up on the entire tuple.
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ELEMS; i++)
+	{
+		found[i] = key_lookup(cont, extexprargname[i], &val[i]);
+
+		if (!found[i])
+			continue;
+
+		if (val[i].type != jbvString)
+		{
+			ereport(WARNING,
+					errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+					errmsg("invalid expression element \"%s\": must be type null or string",
+						   extexprargname[i]));
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Look for invalid keys, warn on the first one found, but do not abandon
+	 * the tuple.
+	 */
+	check_valid_expr_argnames(cont);
+
+	/*
+	 * There are two arg pairs, MCV+MCF and MCEV+MCEF. Both values must either
+	 * be found or be not found. Any disagreement is an error. Once we have
+	 * ruled out disagreeing pairs, we can use either found flag as a proxy
+	 * for the other.
+	 */
+	if (found[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ELEM] != found[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ELEM])
+	{
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				errmsg("invalid expression elements %s and %s: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL",
+					   extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ELEM],
+					   extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ELEM]),
+				errhint("The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL."));
+		goto error;
+	}
+	if (found[MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ELEM] != found[MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ELEM])
+	{
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				errmsg("invalid expression elements %s and %s: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL",
+					   extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ELEM],
+					   extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ELEM]),
+				errhint("The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL."));
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX:
+	 *
+	 * We may need to duplicate some steps from statatt_get_type() that we do
+	 * not currently, those are:
+	 *
+	 * #include "catalog/pg_collation_d.h" if (typid == TSVECTOROID) stacoll =
+	 * DEFAULT_COLLATION_OID;
+	 *
+	 * The multirange step-down may also need to happen here too.
+	 */
+
+	/* This finds the right operators even if atttypid is a domain */
+	typcache = lookup_type_cache(typid, TYPECACHE_LT_OPR | TYPECACHE_EQ_OPR);
+
+	statatt_init_empty_tuple(InvalidOid, InvalidAttrNumber, false,
+							 values, nulls, replaces);
+
+	/* null_frac */
+	if (found[NULL_FRAC_ELEM])
+	{
+		if (!jbv_to_infunc_datum(&val[NULL_FRAC_ELEM], float4in,
+								 extexprargname[NULL_FRAC_ELEM], "float4",
+								 &values[Anum_pg_statistic_stanullfrac - 1]))
+			goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* avg_width */
+	if (found[AVG_WIDTH_ELEM])
+	{
+		if (!jbv_to_infunc_datum(&val[AVG_WIDTH_ELEM], int4in,
+								 extexprargname[AVG_WIDTH_ELEM], "int4",
+								 &values[Anum_pg_statistic_stawidth - 1]))
+			goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* n_distinct */
+	if (found[N_DISTINCT_ELEM])
+	{
+		if (!jbv_to_infunc_datum(&val[N_DISTINCT_ELEM], float4in,
+								 extexprargname[N_DISTINCT_ELEM], "float4",
+								 &values[Anum_pg_statistic_stadistinct - 1]))
+			goto error;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The STAKIND statistics are the same as the ones found in attribute
+	 * stats.  However, these are all derived from json strings, whereas the
+	 * ones derived for attribute stats are a mix of datatypes. This limits
+	 * the opportunities for code sharing between the two.
+	 *
+	 * Some statistic kinds have both a stanumbers and a stavalues components.
+	 * In those cases, both values must either be NOT NULL or both NULL, and
+	 * if they aren't then we need to reject that stakind completely.
+	 * Currently we go a step further and reject the expression array
+	 * completely.
+	 *
+	 * Once it is established that the pairs are in NULL/NOT-NULL alignment,
+	 * we can test either expr_nulls[] value to see if the stakind has
+	 * value(s) that we can set or not.
+	 */
+
+	if (found[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ELEM])
+	{
+		Datum		scratch;
+		Datum		stavalues;
+		Datum		stanumbers;
+		bool		val_ok = false;
+
+		scratch = jbv_string_get_text_datum(&val[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ELEM]);
+		stavalues = statatt_build_stavalues(extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ELEM],
+											array_in_fn, scratch,
+											typid, typmod, &val_ok);
+		pfree((void *) scratch);
+
+		if (!val_ok)
+			goto error;
+
+		scratch = jbv_string_get_text_datum(&val[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ELEM]);
+		stanumbers = statatt_build_stavalues(extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ELEM],
+											 array_in_fn, scratch,
+											 FLOAT4OID, -1, &val_ok);
+		pfree((void *) scratch);
+
+		if (!val_ok)
+			goto error;
+
+		statatt_set_slot(values, nulls, replaces,
+						 STATISTIC_KIND_MCV,
+						 typcache->eq_opr, typcoll,
+						 stanumbers, false, stavalues, false);
+	}
+
+	/* STATISTIC_KIND_HISTOGRAM */
+	if (found[HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS_ELEM])
+	{
+		Datum		stavalues;
+		bool		val_ok = false;
+		Datum		scratch;
+
+		scratch = jbv_string_get_text_datum(&val[HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS_ELEM]);
+		stavalues = statatt_build_stavalues(extexprargname[HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS_ELEM],
+											array_in_fn, scratch,
+											typid, typmod, &val_ok);
+		pfree((void *) scratch);
+
+		if (!val_ok)
+			goto error;
+
+		statatt_set_slot(values, nulls, replaces,
+						 STATISTIC_KIND_HISTOGRAM,
+						 typcache->lt_opr, typcoll,
+						 0, true, stavalues, false);
+	}
+
+	/* STATISTIC_KIND_CORRELATION */
+	if (found[CORRELATION_ELEM])
+	{
+		ArrayType  *arry;
+		Datum		stanumbers;
+		Datum		corr[] = {(Datum) 0};
+
+		if (!jbv_to_infunc_datum(&val[CORRELATION_ELEM], float4in,
+								 extexprargname[CORRELATION_ELEM], "float4",
+								 &corr[0]))
+			goto error;
+
+		arry = construct_array_builtin(corr, 1, FLOAT4OID);
+
+		stanumbers = PointerGetDatum(arry);
+
+		statatt_set_slot(values, nulls, replaces,
+						 STATISTIC_KIND_CORRELATION,
+						 typcache->lt_opr, typcoll,
+						 stanumbers, false, 0, true);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We only need to fetch element type and eq operator if we have a stat of
+	 * type MCELEM or DECHIST, otherwise the values are unnecessary and not
+	 * meaningful.
+	 */
+	if (found[MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ELEM] || found[ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ELEM])
+	{
+		if (!statatt_get_elem_type(typid, typcache->typtype,
+								   &elemtypid, &elemeqopr))
+		{
+			ereport(WARNING,
+					errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+					errmsg("could not determine element type of expression"));
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* STATISTIC_KIND_MCELEM */
+	if (found[MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ELEM])
+	{
+		Datum		scratch;
+		Datum		stavalues;
+		Datum		stanumbers;
+		bool		val_ok = false;
+
+		scratch = jbv_string_get_text_datum(&val[MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ELEM]);
+		stavalues = statatt_build_stavalues(extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ELEM],
+											array_in_fn, scratch,
+											elemtypid, typmod, &val_ok);
+		pfree((void *) scratch);
+
+		if (!val_ok)
+			goto error;
+
+		scratch = jbv_string_get_text_datum(&val[MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ELEM]);
+		stanumbers = statatt_build_stavalues(extexprargname[MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ELEM],
+											 array_in_fn, scratch,
+											 FLOAT4OID, -1, &val_ok);
+		pfree((void *) scratch);
+
+		if (!val_ok)
+			goto error;
+
+		statatt_set_slot(values, nulls, replaces,
+						 STATISTIC_KIND_MCELEM,
+						 elemeqopr, typcoll,
+						 stanumbers, false, stavalues, false);
+	}
+
+	/* STATISTIC_KIND_DECHIST */
+	if (found[ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ELEM])
+	{
+		Datum		scratch;
+		Datum		stanumbers;
+		bool		val_ok = false;
+
+		scratch = jbv_string_get_text_datum(&val[ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ELEM]);
+		stanumbers = statatt_build_stavalues(extexprargname[ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ELEM],
+											 array_in_fn, scratch,
+											 FLOAT4OID, -1, &val_ok);
+
+		pfree((void *) scratch);
+
+		if (!val_ok)
+			goto error;
+
+		statatt_set_slot(values, nulls, replaces, STATISTIC_KIND_DECHIST,
+						 elemeqopr, typcoll,
+						 stanumbers, false, 0, true);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Currently there is no extended stats export of the statistic kinds
+	 * BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM or RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM so these cannot be imported.
+	 * These may be added in the future.
+	 */
+	pgstup = heap_form_tuple(RelationGetDescr(pgsd), values, nulls);
+	pgstdat = heap_copy_tuple_as_datum(pgstup, RelationGetDescr(pgsd));
+	*ok = true;
+
+error:
+	if (pgstup != NULL)
+		pfree(pgstup);
+
+	return pgstdat;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create the stxdexprs datum using the user input in an array of array of
+ * text, referenced against the datatypes for the expressions.
+ *
+ * This datum is needed to fill out a complete pg_statistic_ext_data tuple.
+ *
+ * The input arrays should each have "numexprs" elements in them and they
+ * should be in the order that the expressions appear in the statistics
+ * object.
+ *
+ * It is not practical to update parts of an element of stxdexprs, so if any
+ * conversion errors are found in this function, then the entire attribute
+ * will be left unchanged.
+ */
+static Datum
+import_expressions(Relation pgsd, int numexprs,
+				   Oid *atttypids, int32 *atttypmods,
+				   Oid *atttypcolls, Jsonb *exprs_jsonb,
+				   bool *ok)
+{
+	Oid			pgstypoid = get_rel_type_id(StatisticRelationId);
+
+	ArrayBuildState *astate = NULL;
+	Datum		result = (Datum) 0;
+
+	const char *argname = extarginfo[EXPRESSIONS_ARG].argname;
+	JsonbContainer *root;
+	int			num_root_elements;
+
+	FmgrInfo	array_in_fn;
+
+	*ok = false;
+
+	/* Json schema must be [{expr},...] */
+	if (!JB_ROOT_IS_ARRAY(exprs_jsonb))
+	{
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				errmsg("malformed expressions \"%s\": expected root level array",
+					   argname));
+		goto exprs_error;
+	}
+
+	root = &exprs_jsonb->root;
+
+	/*
+	 * The number of elements in the array must match the number of
+	 * expressions in the stats object definition.
+	 */
+	num_root_elements = JsonContainerSize(root);
+	if (numexprs != num_root_elements)
+	{
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				errmsg("malformed expressions \"%s\": expected array of %d, found %d",
+					   argname, num_root_elements, numexprs));
+		goto exprs_error;
+	}
+
+	fmgr_info(F_ARRAY_IN, &array_in_fn);
+
+	/*
+	 * Iterate over each expected expression object in the array.
+	 *
+	 * The values/nulls/replaces arrays are deconstructed into a 1-D arrays,
+	 * so we have to advance an offset by NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ELEMS to get to
+	 * the next row of the 2-D array.
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < numexprs; i++)
+	{
+		Datum		pgstdat;
+
+		JsonbValue *elem = getIthJsonbValueFromContainer(root, i);
+		JsonbContainer *exprcont;
+		bool		val_ok = false;
+
+		if (elem->type != jbvBinary)
+		{
+			ereport(WARNING,
+					errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+					errmsg("malformed expressions \"%s\": all array elements must be objects",
+						   argname));
+			goto exprs_error;
+		}
+		exprcont = (JsonbContainer *) elem->val.binary.data;
+
+		pgstdat = import_pg_statistic(pgsd, exprcont, &array_in_fn, atttypids[i],
+									  atttypmods[i], atttypcolls[i], &val_ok);
+
+		if (!val_ok)
+			goto exprs_error;
+
+		astate = accumArrayResult(astate, pgstdat, false, pgstypoid,
+								  CurrentMemoryContext);
+	}
+
+	if (astate != NULL)
+	{
+		result = makeArrayResult(astate, CurrentMemoryContext);
+		*ok = true;
+	}
+
+exprs_error:
+	/* cleanup */
+	return result;
+};
+
 /*
  * Remove an existing pg_statistic_ext_data row for a given pg_statistic_ext
  * row and "inherited" pair.
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 2bebefd0ba2..8e87b7a6ab5 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -18652,11 +18652,46 @@ dumpStatisticsExtStats(Archive *fout, const StatsExtInfo *statsextinfo)
 		if (fout->remoteVersion >= 130000)
 			appendPQExpBufferStr(pq,
 								 "e.most_common_vals, e.most_common_freqs, "
-								 "e.most_common_base_freqs ");
+								 "e.most_common_base_freqs, ");
 		else
 			appendPQExpBufferStr(pq,
 								 "NULL AS most_common_vals, NULL AS most_common_freqs, "
-								 "NULL AS most_common_base_freqs ");
+								 "NULL AS most_common_base_freqs, ");
+
+		/* Expressions were introduced in v14 */
+		if (fout->remoteVersion >= 140000)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * There is no ordering column in pg_stats_ext_exprs. However,
+			 * we can rely on the unnesting of pg_statistic.ext_data.stxdexprs
+			 * to maintain the desired order of expression elements.
+			 */
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(pq,
+								 "( "
+								 "SELECT jsonb_pretty(jsonb_agg("
+								 "    jsonb_build_object( "
+								 "       'null_frac', ee.null_frac::text, "
+								 "       'avg_width', ee.avg_width::text, "
+								 "       'n_distinct', ee.n_distinct::text, "
+								 "       'most_common_vals', ee.most_common_vals::text, "
+								 "       'most_common_freqs', ee.most_common_freqs::text, "
+								 "       'histogram_bounds', ee.histogram_bounds::text, "
+								 "       'correlation', ee.correlation::text, "
+								 "       'most_common_elems', ee.most_common_elems::text, "
+								 "       'most_common_elem_freqs', ee.most_common_elem_freqs::text, "
+								 "       'elem_count_histogram', ee.elem_count_histogram::text))) "
+								 "FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS ee "
+								 "WHERE ee.statistics_schemaname = $1 "
+								 "AND ee.statistics_name = $2 ");
+
+			/* Inherited expressions introduced in v15 */
+			if (fout->remoteVersion >= 150000)
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(pq, "AND ee.inherited = e.inherited");
+
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(pq, ") AS exprs ");
+		}
+		else
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(pq, "NULL AS exprs ");
 
 		/* pg_stats_ext introduced in v12 */
 		if (fout->remoteVersion >= 120000)
@@ -18710,6 +18745,7 @@ dumpStatisticsExtStats(Archive *fout, const StatsExtInfo *statsextinfo)
 		int			i_mcv = PQfnumber(res, "most_common_vals");
 		int			i_mcf = PQfnumber(res, "most_common_freqs");
 		int			i_mcbf = PQfnumber(res, "most_common_base_freqs");
+		int			i_exprs = PQfnumber(res, "exprs");
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < nstats; i++)
 		{
@@ -18757,6 +18793,10 @@ dumpStatisticsExtStats(Archive *fout, const StatsExtInfo *statsextinfo)
 				appendNamedArgument(out, fout, "most_common_base_freqs", "double precision[]",
 									PQgetvalue(res, i, i_mcbf));
 
+			if (!PQgetisnull(res, i, i_exprs))
+				appendNamedArgument(out, fout, "exprs", "jsonb",
+									PQgetvalue(res, i, i_exprs));
+
 			appendPQExpBufferStr(out, "\n);\n");
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/stats_import.out b/src/test/regress/expected/stats_import.out
index 37131f9ceab..970e7b0ffab 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/stats_import.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/stats_import.out
@@ -1761,8 +1761,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
   'statistics_name', 'test_stat_dependencies',
   'inherited', false,
   'n_distinct', '[{"attributes" : [1,3], "ndistinct" : 4}]'::pg_ndistinct);
-WARNING:  cannot specify parameter "n_distinct"
-HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_dependencies" does not support statistics of this type.
+WARNING:  invalid statistics type for object
+HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_dependencies" does not support statistics of type "n_distinct".
  pg_restore_extended_stats 
 ---------------------------
  f
@@ -1777,8 +1777,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
   'inherited', false,
   'dependencies', '[{"attributes": [2], "dependency": 3, "degree": 1.000000},
                     {"attributes": [3], "dependency": 2, "degree": 1.000000}]'::pg_dependencies);
-WARNING:  cannot specify parameter "dependencies"
-HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_ndistinct" does not support statistics of this type.
+WARNING:  invalid statistics type for object
+HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_ndistinct" does not support statistics of type "dependencies".
  pg_restore_extended_stats 
 ---------------------------
  f
@@ -1965,8 +1965,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
                         {two,"(2,2.2,TWO,02-02-2002,\"[true, 4, \"\"six\"\"]\")"}}'::text[],
   'most_common_freqs', '{0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25}'::double precision[],
   'most_common_base_freqs', '{0.0625,0.0625,0.0625,0.0625}'::double precision[]);
-WARNING:  cannot specify parameters "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs" or "most_common_base_freqs"
-HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_dependencies" does not support statistics of this type.
+WARNING:  invalid statistics type for object
+HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_dependencies" does not support statistics of type "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs", or "most_common_base_freqs".
  pg_restore_extended_stats 
 ---------------------------
  f
@@ -1981,7 +1981,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
   'inherited', false,
   'most_common_freqs', '{0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25}'::double precision[],
   'most_common_base_freqs', '{0.0625,0.0625,0.0625,0.0625}'::double precision[]);
-WARNING:  could not use "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs" and "most_common_base_freqs": missing one or more parameters
+WARNING:  incomplete statistics for kind "mcv"
+HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_mcv" missing one or more of "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs" and "most_common_base_freqs"
  pg_restore_extended_stats 
 ---------------------------
  f
@@ -1998,7 +1999,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
                         {tre,"(3,3.3,TRE,03-03-2003,)"},
                         {two,"(2,2.2,TWO,02-02-2002,\"[true, 4, \"\"six\"\"]\")"}}'::text[],
   'most_common_base_freqs', '{0.0625,0.0625,0.0625,0.0625}'::double precision[]);
-WARNING:  could not use "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs" and "most_common_base_freqs": missing one or more parameters
+WARNING:  incomplete statistics for kind "mcv"
+HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_mcv" missing one or more of "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs" and "most_common_base_freqs"
  pg_restore_extended_stats 
 ---------------------------
  f
@@ -2015,7 +2017,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
                         {tre,"(3,3.3,TRE,03-03-2003,)"},
                         {two,"(2,2.2,TWO,02-02-2002,\"[true, 4, \"\"six\"\"]\")"}}'::text[],
   'most_common_freqs', '{0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25}'::double precision[]);
-WARNING:  could not use "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs" and "most_common_base_freqs": missing one or more parameters
+WARNING:  incomplete statistics for kind "mcv"
+HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_mcv" missing one or more of "most_common_vals", "most_common_freqs" and "most_common_base_freqs"
  pg_restore_extended_stats 
 ---------------------------
  f
@@ -2155,8 +2158,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
                         {red,"{[11,13),[15,19),[20,30)}","{[11,13),[15,19),[20,30),[10000,10200)}"},
                         {red,"{[21,23),[25,29),[120,130)}","{[21,23),[25,29),[120,130),[10000,10200)}"}}'::text[],
   'most_common_freqs', '{0.3333333333333333,0.3333333333333333,0.3333333333333333}'::double precision[],
-  'most_common_base_freqs', '{0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111}'::double precision[]
-);
+  'most_common_base_freqs', '{0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111}'::double precision[],
+  'exprs', '[{ "avg_width": "60", "null_frac": "0", "n_distinct": "-1" }]'::jsonb);
  pg_restore_extended_stats 
 ---------------------------
  t
@@ -2191,6 +2194,581 @@ most_common_val_nulls  | {{f,f,f},{f,f,f},{f,f,f}}
 most_common_freqs      | {0.3333333333333333,0.3333333333333333,0.3333333333333333}
 most_common_base_freqs | {0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111}
 
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_mr_stat' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+-[ RECORD 1 ]----------+---------------------------------------------
+expr                   | (mrange + '{[10000,10200)}'::int4multirange)
+null_frac              | 0
+avg_width              | 60
+n_distinct             | -1
+most_common_vals       | 
+most_common_freqs      | 
+histogram_bounds       | 
+correlation            | 
+most_common_elems      | 
+most_common_elem_freqs | 
+elem_count_histogram   | 
+
+-- Incorrect extended stats kind, exprs not supported
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_ndistinct',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "avg_width": "4" } ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid statistics type for object
+HINT:  Extended statistics object "stats_import"."test_stat_ndistinct" does not support statistics of type "exprs".
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- Invalid exprs, not array
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '{ "avg_width": "4", "null_frac": "0" }'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  malformed expressions "exprs": expected root level array
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs wrong number of exprs
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "avg_width": "4" } ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  malformed expressions "exprs": expected array of 1, found 2
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs null_frac not a float
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "null_frac": "BADNULLFRAC" },
+              { "null_frac": "0.25" } ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  could not parse expression element "null_frac" value "BADNULLFRAC": invalid type "float4"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs avg_width not an integer
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "avg_width": "BADAVGWIDTH" },
+              { "avg_width": "4" } ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  could not parse expression element "avg_width" value "BADAVGWIDTH": invalid type "int4"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs n_dinstinct not a float
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "n_distinct": "BADNDISTINCT" },
+              { "n_distinct": "-0.5" } ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  could not parse expression element "n_distinct" value "BADNDISTINCT": invalid type "float4"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- MCV not null, MCF null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": "{1}", "most_common_elems": null },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_vals and most_common_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- MCV not null, MCF missing
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": "{1}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_vals and most_common_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- MCV null, MCF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": null, "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_vals and most_common_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- MCV missing, MCF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_vals and most_common_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs most_common_vals element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.75",
+                  "correlation": "-0.6",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{-1,0}",
+                  "most_common_vals": "{BADMCV}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              },
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0.25",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.5",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": null,
+                  "most_common_vals": "{2}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid input syntax for type integer: "BADMCV"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs most_common_freqs element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": "{1}", "most_common_freqs": "{BADMCF}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid input syntax for type real: "BADMCF"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs histogram wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "histogram_bounds": "{BADHIST,0}" },
+              { "histogram_bounds": null }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid input syntax for type integer: "BADHIST"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs correlation wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "correlation": "BADCORR" },
+              { "correlation": "1" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  could not parse expression element "correlation" value "BADCORR": invalid type "float4"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- ok: exprs
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.75",
+                  "correlation": "-0.6",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{-1,0}",
+                  "most_common_vals": "{1}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              },
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0.25",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.5",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": null,
+                  "most_common_vals": "{2}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_stat_clone' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+-[ RECORD 1 ]----------+----------------------
+expr                   | lower(arange)
+null_frac              | 0
+avg_width              | 4
+n_distinct             | -0.75
+most_common_vals       | {1}
+most_common_freqs      | {0.5}
+histogram_bounds       | {-1,0}
+correlation            | -0.6
+most_common_elems      | 
+most_common_elem_freqs | 
+elem_count_histogram   | 
+-[ RECORD 2 ]----------+----------------------
+expr                   | array_length(tags, 1)
+null_frac              | 0.25
+avg_width              | 4
+n_distinct             | -0.5
+most_common_vals       | {2}
+most_common_freqs      | {0.5}
+histogram_bounds       | 
+correlation            | 1
+most_common_elems      | 
+most_common_elem_freqs | 
+elem_count_histogram   | 
+
+-- A statistics object for testing MCELEM values in expressions
+CREATE STATISTICS stats_import.test_stat_mcelem
+  ON name, (ARRAY[(comp).a, lower(arange)])
+  FROM stats_import.test;
+-- MCEV not null, MCEF null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_elems and most_common_elem_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- MCEV not null, MCEF missing
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_elems and most_common_elem_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- MCEV null, MCEF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_elems and most_common_elem_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- MCEV missing, MCEF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid expression elements most_common_elems and most_common_elem_freqs: conflicting NULL/NOT NULL
+HINT:  The elements must both be NULL or both NOT NULL.
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs most_common_elems element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,BADELEM,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid input syntax for type integer: "BADELEM"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs most_common_elem_freqs element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{BADELEMFREQ,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid input syntax for type real: "BADELEMFREQ"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- exprs histogram bounds element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "elem_count_histogram": "{BADELEMHIST,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  invalid input syntax for type real: "BADELEMHIST"
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+-- ok: exprs mcelem
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "33",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-1",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{\"{1,1}\",\"{2,1}\",\"{3,-1}\",\"{NULL,0}\"}",
+                  "most_common_vals": null,
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_freqs": null,
+                  "elem_count_histogram": "{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_stat_mcelem' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+-[ RECORD 1 ]----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+expr                   | ARRAY[(comp).a, lower(arange)]
+null_frac              | 0
+avg_width              | 33
+n_distinct             | -1
+most_common_vals       | 
+most_common_freqs      | 
+histogram_bounds       | {"{1,1}","{2,1}","{3,-1}","{NULL,0}"}
+correlation            | 1
+most_common_elems      | {-1,0,1,2,3}
+most_common_elem_freqs | {0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}
+elem_count_histogram   | {1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}
+
+-- ok, with warning: extra exprs param
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "33",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-1",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{\"{1,1}\",\"{2,1}\",\"{3,-1}\",\"{NULL,0}\"}",
+                  "most_common_vals": null,
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_freqs": null,
+                  "elem_count_histogram": "{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}",
+                  "bad_param": "text no one will ever parse"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+WARNING:  malformed expr expression: "bad_param": is not an expression key name, value ignored
+ pg_restore_extended_stats 
+---------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_stat_mcelem' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+-[ RECORD 1 ]----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+expr                   | ARRAY[(comp).a, lower(arange)]
+null_frac              | 0
+avg_width              | 33
+n_distinct             | -1
+most_common_vals       | 
+most_common_freqs      | 
+histogram_bounds       | {"{1,1}","{2,1}","{3,-1}","{NULL,0}"}
+correlation            | 1
+most_common_elems      | {-1,0,1,2,3}
+most_common_elem_freqs | {0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}
+elem_count_histogram   | {1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}
+
 -- Test the ability of pg_restore_extended_stats() to import all of the
 -- statistic values from an extended statistic object that has been
 -- populated via a regular ANALYZE.  This checks after the statistics
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/stats_import.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/stats_import.sql
index 8db7cd93b88..e692da89365 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/stats_import.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/stats_import.sql
@@ -1543,8 +1543,8 @@ SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
                         {red,"{[11,13),[15,19),[20,30)}","{[11,13),[15,19),[20,30),[10000,10200)}"},
                         {red,"{[21,23),[25,29),[120,130)}","{[21,23),[25,29),[120,130),[10000,10200)}"}}'::text[],
   'most_common_freqs', '{0.3333333333333333,0.3333333333333333,0.3333333333333333}'::double precision[],
-  'most_common_base_freqs', '{0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111}'::double precision[]
-);
+  'most_common_base_freqs', '{0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111,0.1111111111111111}'::double precision[],
+  'exprs', '[{ "avg_width": "60", "null_frac": "0", "n_distinct": "-1" }]'::jsonb);
 
 SELECT replace(e.n_distinct,   '}, ', E'},\n') AS n_distinct,
        replace(e.dependencies, '}, ', E'},\n') AS dependencies,
@@ -1557,6 +1557,375 @@ WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
     e.inherited = false
 \gx
 
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_mr_stat' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+
+-- Incorrect extended stats kind, exprs not supported
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_ndistinct',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "avg_width": "4" } ]'::jsonb);
+
+-- Invalid exprs, not array
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '{ "avg_width": "4", "null_frac": "0" }'::jsonb);
+-- exprs wrong number of exprs
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "avg_width": "4" } ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs null_frac not a float
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "null_frac": "BADNULLFRAC" },
+              { "null_frac": "0.25" } ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs avg_width not an integer
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "avg_width": "BADAVGWIDTH" },
+              { "avg_width": "4" } ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs n_dinstinct not a float
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "n_distinct": "BADNDISTINCT" },
+              { "n_distinct": "-0.5" } ]'::jsonb);
+-- MCV not null, MCF null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": "{1}", "most_common_elems": null },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- MCV not null, MCF missing
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": "{1}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- MCV null, MCF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": null, "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- MCV missing, MCF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs most_common_vals element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.75",
+                  "correlation": "-0.6",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{-1,0}",
+                  "most_common_vals": "{BADMCV}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              },
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0.25",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.5",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": null,
+                  "most_common_vals": "{2}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs most_common_freqs element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "most_common_vals": "{1}", "most_common_freqs": "{BADMCF}" },
+              { "most_common_vals": "{2}", "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs histogram wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              { "histogram_bounds": "{BADHIST,0}" },
+              { "histogram_bounds": null }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs correlation wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[ { "correlation": "BADCORR" },
+              { "correlation": "1" }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+-- ok: exprs
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test_clone',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_clone',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.75",
+                  "correlation": "-0.6",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{-1,0}",
+                  "most_common_vals": "{1}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              },
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "4",
+                  "null_frac": "0.25",
+                  "n_distinct": "-0.5",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": null,
+                  "most_common_vals": "{2}",
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                  "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              }
+          ]'::jsonb);
+
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_stat_clone' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+
+-- A statistics object for testing MCELEM values in expressions
+CREATE STATISTICS stats_import.test_stat_mcelem
+  ON name, (ARRAY[(comp).a, lower(arange)])
+  FROM stats_import.test;
+
+-- MCEV not null, MCEF null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+-- MCEV not null, MCEF missing
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+-- MCEV null, MCEF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": null,
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+-- MCEV missing, MCEF not null
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs most_common_elems element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,BADELEM,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs most_common_elem_freqs element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{BADELEMFREQ,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+-- exprs histogram bounds element wrong type
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "elem_count_histogram": "{BADELEMHIST,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+-- ok: exprs mcelem
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "33",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-1",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{\"{1,1}\",\"{2,1}\",\"{3,-1}\",\"{NULL,0}\"}",
+                  "most_common_vals": null,
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_freqs": null,
+                  "elem_count_histogram": "{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_stat_mcelem' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+
+-- ok, with warning: extra exprs param
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_extended_stats(
+  'schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'relname', 'test',
+  'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_import',
+  'statistics_name', 'test_stat_mcelem',
+  'inherited', false,
+  'exprs', '[
+              {
+                  "avg_width": "33",
+                  "null_frac": "0",
+                  "n_distinct": "-1",
+                  "correlation": "1",
+                  "histogram_bounds": "{\"{1,1}\",\"{2,1}\",\"{3,-1}\",\"{NULL,0}\"}",
+                  "most_common_vals": null,
+                  "most_common_elems": "{-1,0,1,2,3}",
+                  "most_common_freqs": null,
+                  "elem_count_histogram": "{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1.5}",
+                  "most_common_elem_freqs": "{0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25}",
+                  "bad_param": "text no one will ever parse"
+              }
+            ]'::jsonb);
+
+SELECT e.expr, e.null_frac, e.avg_width, e.n_distinct, e.most_common_vals,
+       e.most_common_freqs, e.histogram_bounds, e.correlation,
+       e.most_common_elems, e.most_common_elem_freqs, e.elem_count_histogram
+FROM pg_stats_ext_exprs AS e
+WHERE e.statistics_schemaname = 'stats_import' AND
+    e.statistics_name = 'test_stat_mcelem' AND
+    e.inherited = false
+\gx
+
 -- Test the ability of pg_restore_extended_stats() to import all of the
 -- statistic values from an extended statistic object that has been
 -- populated via a regular ANALYZE.  This checks after the statistics
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func/func-admin.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func/func-admin.sgml
index 3ac81905d1f..e06d4a00e4e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func/func-admin.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func/func-admin.sgml
@@ -2198,12 +2198,39 @@ SELECT pg_restore_attribute_stats(
          <structname>myschema.mystatsobj</structname>:
 <programlisting>
  SELECT pg_restore_extended_stats(
-    'schemaname',            'tab_schema'::name,
-    'relname',               'tab_name'::name,
-    'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_schema'::name,
-    'statistics_name',       'stats_name'::name,
+    'schemaname',            'tab_schema',
+    'relname',               'tab_name',
+    'statistics_schemaname', 'stats_schema',
+    'statistics_name',       'stats_name',
     'inherited',             false,
     'n_distinct',            '[{"attributes" : [2,3], "ndistinct" : 4}]'::pg_ndistinct);
+    'dependencies',          '{"2 => 1": 1.000000, "2 => -1": 1.000000, "2 => -2": 1.000000}'::pg_dependencies,
+    'exprs',                 '[
+                               {
+                                   "avg_width": "4",
+                                   "null_frac": "0.5",
+                                   "n_distinct": "-0.75",
+                                   "correlation": "-0.6",
+                                   "histogram_bounds": "{-1,0}",
+                                   "most_common_vals": "{1}",
+                                   "most_common_elems": null,
+                                   "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                                   "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                                   "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+                               },
+                               {
+                                   "avg_width": "4",
+                                   "null_frac": "0.25",
+                                   "n_distinct": "-0.5",
+                                   "correlation": "1",
+                                   "histogram_bounds": null,
+                                   "most_common_vals": "{2}",
+                                   "most_common_elems": null,
+                                   "most_common_freqs": "{0.5}",
+                                   "elem_count_histogram": null,
+                                   "most_common_elem_freqs": null
+                               }
+                              ]'::jsonb);
 </programlisting>
         </para>
         <para>
@@ -2226,6 +2253,13 @@ SELECT pg_restore_attribute_stats(
          <literal>dependencies</literal>, <literal>most_common_vals</literal>,
          <literal>most_common_freqs</literal>,
          and <literal>most_common_base_freqs</literal>.
+         To accept statistics for any expressions in the extended
+         statistics object, the parameter <literal>exprs</literal> with a type
+         <type>text[]</type> is available, the array must be two dimensional with
+         an outer array in length equal to the number of expressions in the object,
+         and the inner array elements for each of the statistical columns in
+         <link linkend="view-pg-stats-ext-exprs"><structname>pg_stats_ext_exprs</structname></link>,
+         some of which are themselves arrays.
         </para>
         <para>
          Additionally, this function accepts argument name

base-commit: dddbbc253b923ef27f724c6abb5a6a39e1254d54
-- 
2.52.0

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