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* Replace remaining StrNCpy() by strlcpy()Peter Eisentraut2020-08-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | They are equivalent, except that StrNCpy() zero-fills the entire destination buffer instead of providing just one trailing zero. For all but a tiny number of callers, that's just overhead rather than being desirable. Remove StrNCpy() as it is now unused. In some cases, namestrcpy() is the more appropriate function to use. While we're here, simplify the API of namestrcpy(): Remove the return value, don't check for NULL input. Nothing was using that anyway. Also, remove a few unused name-related functions. Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/44f5e198-36f6-6cdb-7fa9-60e34784daae%402ndquadrant.com
* Add missing invocations to object access hooksMichael Paquier2020-05-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The following commands have been missing calls to object access hooks InvokeObjectPost{Create|Alter}Hook normally applied to all commands: - ALTER RULE RENAME TO - ALTER USER MAPPING - CREATE ACCESS METHOD - CREATE STATISTICS Thanks also to Robert Haas for the discussion. Author: Mark Dilger Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera, Michael Paquier Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/435CD295-F409-44E0-91EC-DF32C7AFCD76@enterprisedb.com
* Initial pgindent and pgperltidy run for v13.Tom Lane2020-05-14
| | | | | | | | | | | Includes some manual cleanup of places that pgindent messed up, most of which weren't per project style anyway. Notably, it seems some people didn't absorb the style rules of commit c9d297751, because there were a bunch of new occurrences of function calls with a newline just after the left paren, all with faulty expectations about how the rest of the call would get indented.
* Introduce macros for typalign and typstorage constants.Tom Lane2020-03-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Our usual practice for "poor man's enum" catalog columns is to define macros for the possible values and use those, not literal constants, in C code. But for some reason lost in the mists of time, this was never done for typalign/attalign or typstorage/attstorage. It's never too late to make it better though, so let's do that. The reason I got interested in this right now is the need to duplicate some uses of the TYPSTORAGE constants in an upcoming ALTER TYPE patch. But in general, this sort of change aids greppability and readability, so it's a good idea even without any specific motivation. I may have missed a few places that could be converted, and it's even more likely that pending patches will re-introduce some hard-coded references. But that's not fatal --- there's no expectation that we'd actually change any of these values. We can clean up stragglers over time. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/16457.1583189537@sss.pgh.pa.us
* Update copyrights for 2020Bruce Momjian2020-01-01
| | | | Backpatch-through: update all files in master, backpatch legal files through 9.4
* Remove last traces of heap_open/close in the treeMichael Paquier2019-10-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Since pluggable storage has been introduced, those two routines have been replaced by table_open/close, with some compatibility macros still present to allow extensions to compile correctly with v12. Some code paths using the old routines still remained, so replace them. Based on the discussion done, the consensus reached is that it is better to remove those compatibility macros so as nothing new uses the old routines, so remove also the compatibility macros. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20191017014706.GF5605@paquier.xyz
* Allow setting statistics target for extended statisticsTomas Vondra2019-09-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When building statistics, we need to decide how many rows to sample and how accurate the resulting statistics should be. Until now, it was not possible to explicitly define statistics target for extended statistics objects, the value was always computed from the per-attribute targets with a fallback to the system-wide default statistics target. That's a bit inconvenient, as it ties together the statistics target set for per-column and extended statistics. In some cases it may be useful to require larger sample / higher accuracy for extended statics (or the other way around), but with this approach that's not possible. So this commit introduces a new command, allowing to specify statistics target for individual extended statistics objects, overriding the value derived from per-attribute targets (and the system default). ALTER STATISTICS stat_name SET STATISTICS target_value; When determining statistics target for an extended statistics object we first look at this explicitly set value. When this value is -1, we fall back to the old formula, looking at the per-attribute targets first and then the system default. This means the behavior is backwards compatible with older PostgreSQL releases. Author: Tomas Vondra Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190618213357.vli3i23vpkset2xd@development Reviewed-by: Kirk Jamison, Dean Rasheed
* Use column collation for extended statisticsTomas Vondra2019-07-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current extended statistics code was a bit confused which collation to use. When building the statistics, the collations defined as default for the data types were used (since commit 5e0928005). The MCV code was however using the column collations for MCV serialization, and then DEFAULT_COLLATION_OID when computing estimates. So overall the code was using all three possible options, inconsistently. This uses the column colation everywhere - this makes it consistent with what 5e0928005 did for regular stats. We however do not track the collations in a catalog, because we can derive them from column-level information. This may need to change in the future, e.g. after allowing statistics on expressions. Reviewed-by: Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/8736jdhbhc.fsf%40ansel.ydns.eu Backpatch-to: 12
* Rework the pg_statistic_ext catalogTomas Vondra2019-06-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since extended statistic got introduced in PostgreSQL 10, there was a single catalog pg_statistic_ext storing both the definitions and built statistic. That's however problematic when a user is supposed to have access only to the definitions, but not to user data. Consider for example pg_dump on a database with RLS enabled - if the pg_statistic_ext catalog respects RLS (which it should, if it contains user data), pg_dump would not see any records and the result would not define any extended statistics. That would be a surprising behavior. Until now this was not a pressing issue, because the existing types of extended statistic (functional dependencies and ndistinct coefficients) do not include any user data directly. This changed with introduction of MCV lists, which do include most common combinations of values. The easiest way to fix this is to split the pg_statistic_ext catalog into two - one for definitions, one for the built statistic values. The new catalog is called pg_statistic_ext_data, and we're maintaining a 1:1 relationship with the old catalog - either there are matching records in both catalogs, or neither of them. Bumped CATVERSION due to changing system catalog definitions. Author: Dean Rasheed, with improvements by me Reviewed-by: Dean Rasheed, John Naylor Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEZATCUhT9rt7Ui%3DVdx4N%3D%3DVV5XOK5dsXfnGgVOz_JhAicB%3DZA%40mail.gmail.com
* Phase 2 pgindent run for v12.Tom Lane2019-05-22
| | | | | | | | | Switch to 2.1 version of pg_bsd_indent. This formats multiline function declarations "correctly", that is with additional lines of parameter declarations indented to match where the first line's left parenthesis is. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEepm=0P3FeTXRcU5B2W3jv3PgRVZ-kGUXLGfd42FFhUROO3ug@mail.gmail.com
* Initial pgindent run for v12.Tom Lane2019-05-22
| | | | | | | | This is still using the 2.0 version of pg_bsd_indent. I thought it would be good to commit this separately, so as to document the differences between 2.0 and 2.1 behavior. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/16296.1558103386@sss.pgh.pa.us
* Fix style violations in syscache lookups.Tom Lane2019-05-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Project style is to check the success of SearchSysCacheN and friends by applying HeapTupleIsValid to the result. A tiny minority of calls creatively did it differently. Bring them into line with the rest. This is just cosmetic, since HeapTupleIsValid is indeed just a null check at the moment ... but that may not be true forever, and in any case it puts a mental burden on readers who may wonder why these call sites are not like the rest. Back-patch to v11 just to keep the branches in sync. (The bulk of these errors seem to have originated in v11 or v12, though a few are old.) Per searching to see if anyplace else had made the same error repaired in 62148c352.
* Add support for multivariate MCV listsTomas Vondra2019-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Introduce a third extended statistic type, supported by the CREATE STATISTICS command - MCV lists, a generalization of the statistic already built and used for individual columns. Compared to the already supported types (n-distinct coefficients and functional dependencies), MCV lists are more complex, include column values and allow estimation of much wider range of common clauses (equality and inequality conditions, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL etc.). Similarly to the other types, a new pseudo-type (pg_mcv_list) is used. Author: Tomas Vondra Reviewed-by: Dean Rasheed, David Rowley, Mark Dilger, Alvaro Herrera Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/dfdac334-9cf2-2597-fb27-f0fb3753f435@2ndquadrant.com
* Include all columns in default names for foreign key constraintsPeter Eisentraut2019-03-13
| | | | | | | | | | When creating a name for a foreign key constraint when none is specified, use all column names instead of only the first one, similar to how it is already done for index names. Author: Paul Martinez <hellopfm@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAF+2_SFjky6XRfLNRXpkG97W6PRbOO_mjAxqXzAAimU=c7w7_A@mail.gmail.com
* Replace uses of heap_open et al with the corresponding table_* function.Andres Freund2019-01-21
| | | | | Author: Andres Freund Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190111000539.xbv7s6w7ilcvm7dp@alap3.anarazel.de
* Replace heapam.h includes with {table, relation}.h where applicable.Andres Freund2019-01-21
| | | | | | | | | A lot of files only included heapam.h for relation_open, heap_open etc - replace the heapam.h include in those files with the narrower header. Author: Andres Freund Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190111000539.xbv7s6w7ilcvm7dp@alap3.anarazel.de
* Don't include heapam.h from others headers.Andres Freund2019-01-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | heapam.h previously was included in a number of widely used headers (e.g. execnodes.h, indirectly in executor.h, ...). That's problematic on its own, as heapam.h contains a lot of low-level details that don't need to be exposed that widely, but becomes more problematic with the upcoming introduction of pluggable table storage - it seems inappropriate for heapam.h to be included that widely afterwards. heapam.h was largely only included in other headers to get the HeapScanDesc typedef (which was defined in heapam.h, even though HeapScanDescData is defined in relscan.h). The better solution here seems to be to just use the underlying struct (forward declared where necessary). Similar for BulkInsertState. Another problem was that LockTupleMode was used in executor.h - parts of the file tried to cope without heapam.h, but due to the fact that it indirectly included it, several subsequent violations of that goal were not not noticed. We could just reuse the approach of declaring parameters as int, but it seems nicer to move LockTupleMode to lockoptions.h - that's not a perfect location, but also doesn't seem bad. As a number of files relied on implicitly included heapam.h, a significant number of files grew an explicit include. It's quite probably that a few external projects will need to do the same. Author: Andres Freund Reviewed-By: Alvaro Herrera Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190114000701.y4ttcb74jpskkcfb@alap3.anarazel.de
* Update copyright for 2019Bruce Momjian2019-01-02
| | | | Backpatch-through: certain files through 9.4
* Remove WITH OIDS support, change oid catalog column visibility.Andres Freund2018-11-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Previously tables declared WITH OIDS, including a significant fraction of the catalog tables, stored the oid column not as a normal column, but as part of the tuple header. This special column was not shown by default, which was somewhat odd, as it's often (consider e.g. pg_class.oid) one of the more important parts of a row. Neither pg_dump nor COPY included the contents of the oid column by default. The fact that the oid column was not an ordinary column necessitated a significant amount of special case code to support oid columns. That already was painful for the existing, but upcoming work aiming to make table storage pluggable, would have required expanding and duplicating that "specialness" significantly. WITH OIDS has been deprecated since 2005 (commit ff02d0a05280e0). Remove it. Removing includes: - CREATE TABLE and ALTER TABLE syntax for declaring the table to be WITH OIDS has been removed (WITH (oids[ = true]) will error out) - pg_dump does not support dumping tables declared WITH OIDS and will issue a warning when dumping one (and ignore the oid column). - restoring an pg_dump archive with pg_restore will warn when restoring a table with oid contents (and ignore the oid column) - COPY will refuse to load binary dump that includes oids. - pg_upgrade will error out when encountering tables declared WITH OIDS, they have to be altered to remove the oid column first. - Functionality to access the oid of the last inserted row (like plpgsql's RESULT_OID, spi's SPI_lastoid, ...) has been removed. The syntax for declaring a table WITHOUT OIDS (or WITH (oids = false) for CREATE TABLE) is still supported. While that requires a bit of support code, it seems unnecessary to break applications / dumps that do not use oids, and are explicit about not using them. The biggest user of WITH OID columns was postgres' catalog. This commit changes all 'magic' oid columns to be columns that are normally declared and stored. To reduce unnecessary query breakage all the newly added columns are still named 'oid', even if a table's column naming scheme would indicate 'reloid' or such. This obviously requires adapting a lot code, mostly replacing oid access via HeapTupleGetOid() with access to the underlying Form_pg_*->oid column. The bootstrap process now assigns oids for all oid columns in genbki.pl that do not have an explicit value (starting at the largest oid previously used), only oids assigned later by oids will be above FirstBootstrapObjectId. As the oid column now is a normal column the special bootstrap syntax for oids has been removed. Oids are not automatically assigned during insertion anymore, all backend code explicitly assigns oids with GetNewOidWithIndex(). For the rare case that insertions into the catalog via SQL are called for the new pg_nextoid() function can be used (which only works on catalog tables). The fact that oid columns on system tables are now normal columns means that they will be included in the set of columns expanded by * (i.e. SELECT * FROM pg_class will now include the table's oid, previously it did not). It'd not technically be hard to hide oid column by default, but that'd mean confusing behavior would either have to be carried forward forever, or it'd cause breakage down the line. While it's not unlikely that further adjustments are needed, the scope/invasiveness of the patch makes it worthwhile to get merge this now. It's painful to maintain externally, too complicated to commit after the code code freeze, and a dependency of a number of other patches. Catversion bump, for obvious reasons. Author: Andres Freund, with contributions by John Naylor Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20180930034810.ywp2c7awz7opzcfr@alap3.anarazel.de
* Post-feature-freeze pgindent run.Tom Lane2018-04-26
| | | | Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/15719.1523984266@sss.pgh.pa.us
* Fix bogus Name assignment in CreateStatisticsAlvaro Herrera2018-03-06
| | | | | | | | | | | Apparently, it doesn't work to use a plain cstring as a Name datum: you may end up having random bytes because of failing to zero the bytes after the terminating \0, as indicated by valgrind. I introduced this bug in 5564c1181548, so backpatch this fix to REL_10_STABLE, like that commit. While at it, fix a slightly misleading comment, pointed out by David Rowley.
* Clone extended stats in CREATE TABLE (LIKE INCLUDING ALL)Alvaro Herrera2018-03-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The LIKE INCLUDING ALL clause to CREATE TABLE intuitively indicates cloning of extended statistics on the source table, but it failed to do so. Patch it up so that it does. Also include an INCLUDING STATISTICS option to the LIKE clause, so that the behavior can be requested individually, or excluded individually. While at it, reorder the INCLUDING options, both in code and in docs, in alphabetical order which makes more sense than feature-implementation order that was previously used. Backpatch this to Postgres 10, where extended statistics were introduced, because this is seen as an oversight in a fresh feature which is better to get consistent from the get-go instead of changing only in pg11. In pg11, comments on statistics objects are cloned too. In pg10 they are not, because I (Álvaro) was too coward to change the parse node as required to support it. Also, in pg10 I chose not to renumber the parser symbols for the various INCLUDING options in LIKE, for the same reason. Any corresponding user-visible changes (docs) are backpatched, though. Reported-by: Stephen Froehlich Author: David Rowley Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera, Tomas Vondra Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CY1PR0601MB1927315B45667A1B679D0FD5E5EF0@CY1PR0601MB1927.namprd06.prod.outlook.com
* Replace AclObjectKind with ObjectTypePeter Eisentraut2018-01-19
| | | | | | | | | AclObjectKind was basically just another enumeration for object types, and we already have a preferred one for that. It's only used in aclcheck_error. By using ObjectType instead, we can also give some more precise error messages, for example "index" instead of "relation". Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
* Update copyright for 2018Bruce Momjian2018-01-02
| | | | Backpatch-through: certain files through 9.3
* Message style fixesPeter Eisentraut2017-09-11
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* Phase 3 of pgindent updates.Tom Lane2017-06-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Don't move parenthesized lines to the left, even if that means they flow past the right margin. By default, BSD indent lines up statement continuation lines that are within parentheses so that they start just to the right of the preceding left parenthesis. However, traditionally, if that resulted in the continuation line extending to the right of the desired right margin, then indent would push it left just far enough to not overrun the margin, if it could do so without making the continuation line start to the left of the current statement indent. That makes for a weird mix of indentations unless one has been completely rigid about never violating the 80-column limit. This behavior has been pretty universally panned by Postgres developers. Hence, disable it with indent's new -lpl switch, so that parenthesized lines are always lined up with the preceding left paren. This patch is much less interesting than the first round of indent changes, but also bulkier, so I thought it best to separate the effects. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/E1dAmxK-0006EE-1r@gemulon.postgresql.org Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/30527.1495162840@sss.pgh.pa.us
* Fix violations of CatalogTupleInsert/Update/Delete abstraction.Tom Lane2017-06-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In commits 2f5c9d9c9 and ab0289651 we invented an abstraction layer to insulate catalog manipulations from direct heap update calls. But evidently some patches that hadn't landed in-tree at that point didn't get the memo completely. Fix a couple of direct calls to simple_heap_delete to use CatalogTupleDelete instead; these appear to have been added in commits 7c4f52409 and 7b504eb28. This change is purely cosmetic ATM, but there's no point in having an abstraction layer if we allow random code to break it. Masahiko Sawada and Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAD21AoDOPRSVcwbnCN3Y1n_68ATyTspsU6=ygtHz_uY0VcdZ8A@mail.gmail.com
* Post-PG 10 beta1 pgindent runBruce Momjian2017-05-17
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* Fix handling of extended statistics during ALTER COLUMN TYPE.Tom Lane2017-05-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ALTER COLUMN TYPE on a column used by a statistics object fails since commit 928c4de30, because the relevant switch in ATExecAlterColumnType is unprepared for columns to have dependencies from OCLASS_STATISTIC_EXT objects. Although the existing types of extended statistics don't actually need us to do any work for a column type change, it seems completely indefensible that that assumption is hidden behind the failure of an unrelated module to contain any code for the case. Hence, create and call an API function in statscmds.c where the assumption can be explained, and where we could add code to deal with the problem when it inevitably becomes real. Also, the reason this wasn't handled before, neither for extended stats nor for the last half-dozen new OCLASS kinds :-(, is that the default: in that switch suppresses compiler warnings, allowing people to miss the need to consider it when adding an OCLASS. We don't really need a default because surely getObjectClass should only return valid values of the enum; so remove it, and add the missed OCLASS entries where they should be. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20170512221010.nglatgt5azzdxjlj@alvherre.pgsql
* Standardize terminology for pg_statistic_ext entries.Tom Lane2017-05-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Consistently refer to such an entry as a "statistics object", not just "statistics" or "extended statistics". Previously we had a mismash of terms, accompanied by utter confusion as to whether the term was singular or plural. That's not only grating (at least to the ear of a native English speaker) but could be outright misleading, eg in error messages that seemed to be referring to multiple objects where only one could be meant. This commit fixes the code and a lot of comments (though I may have missed a few). I also renamed two new SQL functions, pg_get_statisticsextdef -> pg_get_statisticsobjdef pg_statistic_ext_is_visible -> pg_statistics_obj_is_visible to conform better with this terminology. I have not touched the SGML docs other than fixing those function names; the docs certainly need work but it seems like a separable task. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/22676.1494557205@sss.pgh.pa.us
* Fix dependencies for extended statistics objects.Tom Lane2017-05-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A stats object ought to have a dependency on each individual column it reads, not the entire table. Doing this honestly lets us get rid of the hard-wired logic in RemoveStatisticsExt, which seems to have been misguidedly modeled on RemoveStatistics; and it will be far easier to extend to multiple tables later. Also, add overlooked dependency on owner, and make the dependency on schema be NORMAL like every other such dependency. There remains some unfinished work here, which is to allow statistics objects to be extension members. That takes more effort than just adding the dependency call, though, so I left it out for now. initdb forced because this changes the set of pg_depend records that should exist for a statistics object. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/22676.1494557205@sss.pgh.pa.us
* Change CREATE STATISTICS syntaxAlvaro Herrera2017-05-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Previously, we had the WITH clause in the middle of the command, where you'd specify both generic options as well as statistic types. Few people liked this, so this commit changes it to remove the WITH keyword from that clause and makes it accept statistic types only. (We currently don't have any generic options, but if we invent in the future, we will gain a new WITH clause, probably at the end of the command). Also, the column list is now specified without parens, which makes the whole command look more similar to a SELECT command. This change will let us expand the command to supporting expressions (not just columns names) as well as multiple tables and their join conditions. Tom added lots of code comments and fixed some parts of the CREATE STATISTICS reference page, too; more changes in this area are forthcoming. He also fixed a potential problem in the alter_generic regression test, reducing verbosity on a cascaded drop to avoid dependency on message ordering, as we do in other tests. Tom also closed a security bug: we documented that table ownership was required in order to create a statistics object on it, but didn't actually implement it. Implement tab-completion for statistics objects. This can stand some more improvement. Authors: Alvaro Herrera, with lots of cleanup by Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20170420212426.ltvgyhnefvhixm6i@alvherre.pgsql
* Code review for commands/statscmds.c.Tom Lane2017-04-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix machine-dependent sorting of column numbers. (Odd behavior would only materialize for column numbers above 255, but that's certainly legal.) Fix poor choice of SQLSTATE for some errors, and improve error message wording. (Notably, "is not a scalar type" is a totally misleading way to explain "does not have a default btree opclass".) Avoid taking AccessExclusiveLock on the associated relation during DROP STATISTICS. That's neither necessary nor desirable, and it could easily have put us into situations where DROP fails (compare commit 68ea2b7f9). Adjust/improve comments. David Rowley and Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKJS1f-GmCfPvBbAEaM5xoVOaYdVgVN1gicALSoYQ77z-+vLbw@mail.gmail.com
* Rename columns in new pg_statistic_ext catalogAlvaro Herrera2017-04-17
| | | | | | | | | The new catalog reused a column prefix "sta" from pg_statistic, but this is undesirable, so change the catalog to use prefix "stx" instead. Also, rename the column that lists enabled statistic kinds as "stxkind" rather than "enabled". Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKJS1f_2t5jhSN7huYRFH3w3rrHfG2QU7hiUHsu-Vdjd1rYT3w@mail.gmail.com
* Tighten up relation kind checks for extended statisticsAlvaro Herrera2017-04-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | We were accepting creation of extended statistics only for regular tables, but they can usefully be created for foreign tables, partitioned tables, and materialized views, too. Allow those cases. While at it, make sure all the rejected cases throw a consistent error message, and add regression tests for the whole thing. Author: David Rowley, Álvaro Herrera Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKJS1f-BmGo410bh5RSPZUvOO0LhmHL2NYmdrC_Jm8pk_FfyCA@mail.gmail.com
* Reduce lock level for CREATE STATISTICSSimon Riggs2017-04-05
| | | | | | In line with other lock reductions related to planning. Simon Riggs
* Collect and use multi-column dependency statsSimon Riggs2017-04-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Follow on patch in the multi-variate statistics patch series. CREATE STATISTICS s1 WITH (dependencies) ON (a, b) FROM t; ANALYZE; will collect dependency stats on (a, b) and then use the measured dependency in subsequent query planning. Commit 7b504eb282ca2f5104b5c00b4f05a3ef6bb1385b added CREATE STATISTICS with n-distinct coefficients. These are now specified using the mutually exclusive option WITH (ndistinct). Author: Tomas Vondra, David Rowley Reviewed-by: Kyotaro HORIGUCHI, Álvaro Herrera, Dean Rasheed, Robert Haas and many other comments and contributions Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/56f40b20-c464-fad2-ff39-06b668fac47c@2ndquadrant.com
* Fix use-after-free bugAlvaro Herrera2017-03-24
| | | | Detected by buildfarm member prion
* Implement multivariate n-distinct coefficientsAlvaro Herrera2017-03-24
Add support for explicitly declared statistic objects (CREATE STATISTICS), allowing collection of statistics on more complex combinations that individual table columns. Companion commands DROP STATISTICS and ALTER STATISTICS ... OWNER TO / SET SCHEMA / RENAME are added too. All this DDL has been designed so that more statistic types can be added later on, such as multivariate most-common-values and multivariate histograms between columns of a single table, leaving room for permitting columns on multiple tables, too, as well as expressions. This commit only adds support for collection of n-distinct coefficient on user-specified sets of columns in a single table. This is useful to estimate number of distinct groups in GROUP BY and DISTINCT clauses; estimation errors there can cause over-allocation of memory in hashed aggregates, for instance, so it's a worthwhile problem to solve. A new special pseudo-type pg_ndistinct is used. (num-distinct estimation was deemed sufficiently useful by itself that this is worthwhile even if no further statistic types are added immediately; so much so that another version of essentially the same functionality was submitted by Kyotaro Horiguchi: https://postgr.es/m/20150828.173334.114731693.horiguchi.kyotaro@lab.ntt.co.jp though this commit does not use that code.) Author: Tomas Vondra. Some code rework by Álvaro. Reviewed-by: Dean Rasheed, David Rowley, Kyotaro Horiguchi, Jeff Janes, Ideriha Takeshi Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/543AFA15.4080608@fuzzy.cz https://postgr.es/m/20170320190220.ixlaueanxegqd5gr@alvherre.pgsql