Re: pg_sample

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> I may be overseeing something, but what about dependencies between
> tables, sequencies, indexes, etc.? I guess that if one takes the first
> 100 rows of a table referenced by another table, there is no guarantee
> that in the first 100 rows of the referencing table there will not be
> some foreign key that does not exist.

The only dependency that should matter is foreign keys, and yeah, if you
have those, all bets are off; one would need to write something very custom
indeed to slurp out the data. I could envision some workarounds, but it
really depends on exactly what the OP is trying to achieve.

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