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3    The catalog <code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext</code>
4    holds definitions of extended planner statistics.
5    Each row in this catalog corresponds to a <em class="firstterm">statistics object</em>
6    created with <a class="link" href="sql-createstatistics.html" title="CREATE STATISTICS"><code class="command">CREATE STATISTICS</code></a>.
7   </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.54.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.52. <code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_statistic_ext Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
8        Column Type
9       </p>
10       <p>
11        Description
12       </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
13        <code class="structfield">oid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
14       </p>
15       <p>
16        Row identifier
17       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
18        <code class="structfield">stxrelid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
19        (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
20       </p>
21       <p>
22        Table containing the columns described by this object
23       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
24        <code class="structfield">stxname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
25       </p>
26       <p>
27        Name of the statistics object
28       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
29        <code class="structfield">stxnamespace</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
30        (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="52.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
31       </p>
32       <p>
33        The OID of the namespace that contains this statistics object
34       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
35        <code class="structfield">stxowner</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
36        (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="52.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
37       </p>
38       <p>
39        Owner of the statistics object
40       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
41        <code class="structfield">stxkeys</code> <code class="type">int2vector</code>
42        (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-attribute.html" title="52.7. pg_attribute"><code class="structname">pg_attribute</code></a>.<code class="structfield">attnum</code>)
43       </p>
44       <p>
45        An array of attribute numbers, indicating which table columns are
46        covered by this statistics object;
47        for example a value of <code class="literal">1 3</code> would
48        mean that the first and the third table columns are covered
49       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
50        <code class="structfield">stxstattarget</code> <code class="type">int2</code>
51       </p>
52       <p>
53        <code class="structfield">stxstattarget</code> controls the level of detail
54        of statistics accumulated for this statistics object by
55        <a class="link" href="sql-analyze.html" title="ANALYZE"><code class="command">ANALYZE</code></a>.
56        A zero value indicates that no statistics should be collected.
57        A null value says to use the maximum of the statistics targets of
58        the referenced columns, if set, or the system default statistics target.
59        Positive values of <code class="structfield">stxstattarget</code>
60        determine the target number of <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">most common values</span>”</span>
61        to collect.
62       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
63        <code class="structfield">stxkind</code> <code class="type">char[]</code>
64       </p>
65       <p>
66        An array containing codes for the enabled statistics kinds;
67        valid values are:
68        <code class="literal">d</code> for n-distinct statistics,
69        <code class="literal">f</code> for functional dependency statistics,
70        <code class="literal">m</code> for most common values (MCV) list statistics, and
71        <code class="literal">e</code> for expression statistics
72       </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
73        <code class="structfield">stxexprs</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
74       </p>
75       <p>
76        Expression trees (in <code class="function">nodeToString()</code>
77        representation) for statistics object attributes that are not simple
78        column references.  This is a list with one element per expression.
79        Null if all statistics object attributes are simple references.
80       </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
81    The <code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext</code> entry is filled in
82    completely during <a class="link" href="sql-createstatistics.html" title="CREATE STATISTICS"><code class="command">CREATE STATISTICS</code></a>, but the actual
83    statistical values are not computed then.
84    Subsequent <a class="link" href="sql-analyze.html" title="ANALYZE"><code class="command">ANALYZE</code></a> commands compute the desired values
85    and populate an entry in the
86    <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-statistic-ext-data.html" title="52.53. pg_statistic_ext_data"><code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext_data</code></a>
87    catalog.
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