53.31. pg_stats_ext_exprs
pg_stats_ext_exprs
The view pg_stats_ext_exprs provides access to information about all expressions included in extended statistics objects, combining information stored in the pg_statistic_ext and pg_statistic_ext_data catalogs. This view allows access only to rows of pg_statistic_ext and pg_statistic_ext_data that correspond to tables the user owns, and therefore it is safe to allow public read access to this view.
pg_stats_ext_exprs is also designed to present the information in a more readable format than the underlying catalogs at the cost that its schema must be extended whenever the structure of statistics in pg_statistic_ext changes.
Column Type Description |
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schemaname Name of schema containing table |
tablename Name of table the statistics object is defined on |
statistics_schemaname Name of schema containing extended statistics object |
statistics_name Name of extended statistics object |
statistics_owner Owner of the extended statistics object |
expr Expression included in the extended statistics object |
inherited If true, the stats include values from child tables, not just the values in the specified relation |
null_frac Fraction of expression entries that are null |
avg_width Average width in bytes of expression's entries |
n_distinct If greater than zero, the estimated number of distinct values in the expression. If less than zero, the negative of the number of distinct values divided by the number of rows. (The negated form is used when |
most_common_vals A list of the most common values in the expression. (Null if no values seem to be more common than any others.) |
most_common_freqs A list of the frequencies of the most common values, i.e., number of occurrences of each divided by total number of rows. (Null when most_common_vals is.) |
histogram_bounds A list of values that divide the expression's values into groups of approximately equal population. The values in most_common_vals, if present, are omitted from this histogram calculation. (This expression is null if the expression data type does not have a |
correlation Statistical correlation between physical row ordering and logical ordering of the expression values. This ranges from -1 to +1. When the value is near -1 or +1, an index scan on the expression will be estimated to be cheaper than when it is near zero, due to reduction of random access to the disk. (This expression is null if the expression's data type does not have a |
most_common_elems A list of non-null element values most often appearing within values of the expression. (Null for scalar types.) |
most_common_elem_freqs A list of the frequencies of the most common element values, i.e., the fraction of rows containing at least one instance of the given value. Two or three additional values follow the per-element frequencies; these are the minimum and maximum of the preceding per-element frequencies, and optionally the frequency of null elements. (Null when most_common_elems is.) |
elem_count_histogram A histogram of the counts of distinct non-null element values within the values of the expression, followed by the average number of distinct non-null elements. (Null for scalar types.) |
: pg_stats_ext_exprs Columns
The maximum number of entries in the array fields can be controlled on a column-by-column basis using the ALTER TABLE SET STATISTICS command, or globally by setting the [default_statistics_target (integer)
default_statistics_target configuration parameter](braised:ref/runtime-config-query#default-statistics-target-integer-default-statistics-target-configuration-parameter) run-time parameter.