>> As Heikki says, maybe this wouldn't be an issue at all if we can do it >> during ANALYZE instead, but I don't know if that works. > > I'm not convinced you can get a sufficiently good estimate from a small > subset of pages.
Note that if this requires VACUUM rather than ANALYZE, it introduces a problem for data warehousing users, who can go years between vacuums of their largest tables. -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers