Re: default attstattarget

Tom Lane will apply this as part of the DROP COLUMN merging.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The attached patch implements the pg_attribute.attstattarget scheme
> discussed on -hackers today. A value of "-1" in this column indicates
> that ANALYZE should use the compiled-in default value. This allows
> pg_dump to record and restore any changes made by the DBA to this
> value using ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS.
>
> I made another small behavioral change: IMHO, silently changing
> stat target values we deem inappropriate (< 0, > 1000) without
> warning the user is a bad idea. I changed the < 0 case to be a
> elog(ERROR) and added an elog(WARNING) for the > 1000, and
> documented the upper bound.
>
> Unless anyone sees any problems, please apply.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
>
> --
> Neil Conway <neilconway@rogers.com>
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