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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">
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>
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>)
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>
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>)
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>)
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>)
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>
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>
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>
66 An array containing codes for the enabled statistics kinds;
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>
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.
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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>
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