Re: Different row estimations on base rels

From: Donald Dong <xdong(at)csumb(dot)edu>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Different row estimations on base rels
Date: 2019-05-29 20:43:56
Message-ID: 3A202828-0FEF-4A27-994D-364B15B692F0@csumb.edu
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On May 29, 2019, at 1:36 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Well, it's all there in the code. I believe the issue is that the
> final estimates are based on the number of rows that will be returned
> from the relation, which is often less, and occasionally more, than
> the total of the rows in the relation. The reason it's often less is
> because there might be a WHERE clause or similar which rules out some
> of the rows. The reason it might be more is because a nested loop
> could return the same rows multiple times.

Yes, indeed. I was confused, and I guess I could've thought about it
about more before posting here. Thank you for answering this
question!

Regards,
Donald Dong

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