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- The <code class="filename">tsm_system_time</code> module provides the table sampling method
- <code class="literal">SYSTEM_TIME</code>, which can be used in
- the <code class="literal">TABLESAMPLE</code> clause of a <a class="xref" href="sql-select.html" title="SELECT"><span class="refentrytitle">SELECT</span></a>
- command.
- </p><p>
- This table sampling method accepts a single floating-point argument that
- is the maximum number of milliseconds to spend reading the table. This
- gives you direct control over how long the query takes, at the price that
- the size of the sample becomes hard to predict. The resulting sample will
- contain as many rows as could be read in the specified time, unless the
- whole table has been read first.
- </p><p>
- Like the built-in <code class="literal">SYSTEM</code> sampling
- method, <code class="literal">SYSTEM_TIME</code> performs block-level sampling, so
- that the sample is not completely random but may be subject to clustering
- effects, especially if only a small number of rows are selected.
- </p><p>
- <code class="literal">SYSTEM_TIME</code> does not support
- the <code class="literal">REPEATABLE</code> clause.
- </p><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.7.51.7"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.42.1. Examples</h3></div></div></div><p>
- Here is an example of selecting a sample of a table with
- <code class="literal">SYSTEM_TIME</code>. First install the extension:
- </p><pre class="programlisting">
- CREATE EXTENSION tsm_system_time;
- </pre><p>
- Then you can use it in a <code class="command">SELECT</code> command, for instance:
-
- </p><pre class="programlisting">
- SELECT * FROM my_table TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM_TIME(1000);
- </pre><p>
- </p><p>
- This command will return as large a sample of <code class="structname">my_table</code> as
- it can read in 1 second (1000 milliseconds). Of course, if the whole
- table can be read in under 1 second, all its rows will be returned.
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