Re: change sample size for statistics

On 6/10/11 5:15 AM, Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a way to change the sample size for statistics (that analyze
> gathers)?
> It is said to be 10%. i would like to raise that, because we are getting bas
> estimations for n_distinct.

It's not 10%.  We use a fixed sample size, which is configurable on the
system, table, or column basis.

Some reading (read all these pages to understand what you're doing):
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/planner-stats.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/runtime-config-query.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-QUERY-OTHER
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/planner-stats-details.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/sql-altertable.html
(scroll down to "set storage" on that last page)

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