> Ah. Okay, maybe we can agree that that wasn't a good idea. Oh, I'd say there's no question it was a mistake. We just didn't have the data at the time to realize it.
> I don't really see that we need to bend over backwards to exactly > match > some data points that you made up out of thin air. How about > ceil(sqrt(N)) to start with? We can start with anything, including Jeff Jane's equation (for my part, I think sqrt(N) will result in analyzing very large tables a bit too often) The tough part will be coming up with some way to test it. --Josh -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
