-- Generic extended statistics support -- We will be checking execution plans without/with statistics, so -- let's make sure we get simple non-parallel plans. Also set the -- work_mem low so that we can use small amounts of data. SET max_parallel_workers = 0; SET max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 0; SET work_mem = '128kB'; -- Ensure stats are dropped sanely CREATE TABLE ab1 (a INTEGER, b INTEGER, c INTEGER); CREATE STATISTICS ab1_a_b_stats ON (a, b) FROM ab1; DROP STATISTICS ab1_a_b_stats; CREATE SCHEMA regress_schema_2; CREATE STATISTICS regress_schema_2.ab1_a_b_stats ON (a, b) FROM ab1; -- Let's also verify the pg_get_statisticsextdef output looks sane. SELECT pg_get_statisticsextdef(oid) FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE staname = 'ab1_a_b_stats'; DROP STATISTICS regress_schema_2.ab1_a_b_stats; -- Ensure statistics are dropped when columns are CREATE STATISTICS ab1_b_c_stats ON (b, c) FROM ab1; CREATE STATISTICS ab1_a_b_c_stats ON (a, b, c) FROM ab1; CREATE STATISTICS ab1_a_b_stats ON (a, b) FROM ab1; ALTER TABLE ab1 DROP COLUMN a; \d ab1 DROP TABLE ab1; -- Ensure things work sanely with SET STATISTICS 0 CREATE TABLE ab1 (a INTEGER, b INTEGER); ALTER TABLE ab1 ALTER a SET STATISTICS 0; INSERT INTO ab1 SELECT a, a%23 FROM generate_series(1, 1000) a; CREATE STATISTICS ab1_a_b_stats ON (a, b) FROM ab1; ANALYZE ab1; ALTER TABLE ab1 ALTER a SET STATISTICS -1; ANALYZE ab1; DROP TABLE ab1; -- n-distinct tests CREATE TABLE ndistinct ( filler1 TEXT, filler2 NUMERIC, a INT, b INT, filler3 DATE, c INT, d INT ); -- over-estimates when using only per-column statistics INSERT INTO ndistinct (a, b, c, filler1) SELECT i/100, i/100, i/100, cash_words((i/100)::money) FROM generate_series(1,30000) s(i); ANALYZE ndistinct; -- Group Aggregate, due to over-estimate of the number of groups EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY b, c; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c, d; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY b, c, d; -- unknown column CREATE STATISTICS s10 ON (unknown_column) FROM ndistinct; -- single column CREATE STATISTICS s10 ON (a) FROM ndistinct; -- single column, duplicated CREATE STATISTICS s10 ON (a,a) FROM ndistinct; -- two columns, one duplicated CREATE STATISTICS s10 ON (a, a, b) FROM ndistinct; -- correct command CREATE STATISTICS s10 ON (a, b, c) FROM ndistinct; ANALYZE ndistinct; SELECT staenabled, standistinct FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE starelid = 'ndistinct'::regclass; -- Hash Aggregate, thanks to estimates improved by the statistic EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY b, c; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c; -- last two plans keep using Group Aggregate, because 'd' is not covered -- by the statistic and while it's NULL-only we assume 200 values for it EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c, d; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY b, c, d; TRUNCATE TABLE ndistinct; -- under-estimates when using only per-column statistics INSERT INTO ndistinct (a, b, c, filler1) SELECT mod(i,50), mod(i,51), mod(i,32), cash_words(mod(i,33)::int::money) FROM generate_series(1,10000) s(i); ANALYZE ndistinct; SELECT staenabled, standistinct FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE starelid = 'ndistinct'::regclass; -- plans using Group Aggregate, thanks to using correct esimates EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c, d; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY b, c, d; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, d; DROP STATISTICS s10; SELECT staenabled, standistinct FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE starelid = 'ndistinct'::regclass; -- dropping the statistics switches the plans to Hash Aggregate, -- due to under-estimates EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, b, c, d; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY b, c, d; EXPLAIN (COSTS off) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY a, d; DROP TABLE ndistinct;