Re: working around JSONB's lack of stats?

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: postgres performance list <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: working around JSONB's lack of stats?
Date: 2015-02-02 15:42:48
Message-ID: CAHyXU0xpr5C+x1RmRzo9ppGZnVYq_8d2htojHisE-KHSj2YdOA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Currently, JSONB fields don't have statistics, and estimate a flat 1%
> selectivity. This can result in poor query plans, and I'm wondering if
> anyone has a suggested workaround for this short of hacking a new
> selectivity function. For example, take the common case of using JSONB
> to hold a list of "tags" for tagging documents:

hm, Why stop at jsonb? What's needed is a way to override the
planner's row estimate in a general way.

merlin

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