Re: [HACKERS] Re: order by and index path

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jwieck(at)debis(dot)com
Cc: andreas(dot)zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at, jwieck(at)debis(dot)com, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: order by and index path
Date: 1998-10-15 16:04:42
Message-ID: 199810151604.MAA15195@candle.pha.pa.us
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> could return at max 8999 tuples and
>
> WHERE key > 50 AND key < 70
>
> has a maximum of 998 result tuples. This would be the
> information required to make the right decision for the case
> where all rows selected are wanted.
>
> We do not have this statistical information. So the whole
> thing is at this time academic.

But we do have statistical information in pg_statistic if you run vacuum
analyze.

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