Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Another idea would be to take a large sample in ANALYZE, but if the
> distribution looks "regular enough", store less samples in the
> Most-Common-Values list and fewer histograms, to make the planning faster.
Yeah, some flexibility at that end might not be a bad idea either.
regards, tom lane