Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
 
> I had wondered whether it'd be worth optimizing that along the
> lines of slot_getallattrs().  But most indexes probably have only
> one column, or anyway not enough to make for a useful savings.
 
>From a heavily-used production database:
 
cir=> select indnatts, count(*) from pg_index group by indnatts
order by indnatts;
 indnatts | count 
----------+-------
        1 |   200
        2 |   684
        3 |   155
        4 |    76
        5 |    43
        6 |    13
        7 |     2
        9 |     1
(8 rows)
 
This includes system table and TOAST table indexes (which seem to
have two columns).  There are over 400 user tables, each of which
has a primary key, so most primary keys in our database are more
than one column.
 
-Kevin

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