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- The view <code class="structname">pg_stats_ext</code> provides access to
- the information stored in the <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-statistic-ext.html" title="51.51. pg_statistic_ext"><code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext</code></a>
- and <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-statistic-ext-data.html" title="51.52. pg_statistic_ext_data"><code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext_data</code></a>
- catalogs. This view allows access only to rows of
- <code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext</code> and <code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext_data</code>
- that correspond to tables the user has permission to read, and therefore
- it is safe to allow public read access to this view.
- </p><p>
- <code class="structname">pg_stats_ext</code> is also designed to present the
- information in a more readable format than the underlying catalogs
- — at the cost that its schema must be extended whenever new types
- of extended statistics are added to <code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext</code>.
- </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.91.5"><p class="title"><strong>Table 51.90. <code class="structname">pg_stats_ext</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_stats_ext Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>References</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="structfield">schemaname</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="51.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.nspname</code></td><td>Name of schema containing table</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">tablename</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="51.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.relname</code></td><td>Name of table</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">statistics_schemaname</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="51.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.nspname</code></td><td>Name of schema containing extended statistic</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">statistics_name</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-statistic-ext.html" title="51.51. pg_statistic_ext"><code class="structname">pg_statistic_ext</code></a>.stxname</code></td><td>Name of extended statistics</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">statistics_owner</code></td><td><code class="type">oid</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="51.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.oid</code></td><td>Owner of the extended statistics</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">attnames</code></td><td><code class="type">name[]</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-attribute.html" title="51.7. pg_attribute"><code class="structname">pg_attribute</code></a>.attname</code></td><td>Names of the columns the extended statistics is defined on</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">kinds</code></td><td><code class="type">text[]</code></td><td> </td><td>Types of extended statistics enabled for this record</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">n_distinct</code></td><td><code class="type">pg_ndistinct</code></td><td> </td><td>N-distinct counts for combinations of column values. If greater
- than zero, the estimated number of distinct values in the combination.
- If less than zero, the negative of the number of distinct values divided
- by the number of rows.
- (The negated form is used when <code class="command">ANALYZE</code> believes that
- the number of distinct values is likely to increase as the table grows;
- the positive form is used when the column seems to have a fixed number
- of possible values.) For example, -1 indicates a unique combination of
- columns in which the number of distinct combinations is the same as the
- number of rows.
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">dependencies</code></td><td><code class="type">pg_dependencies</code></td><td> </td><td>Functional dependency statistics</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">most_common_vals</code></td><td><code class="type">anyarray</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A list of the most common combinations of values in the columns.
- (Null if no combinations seem to be more common than any others.)
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">most_common_val_nulls</code></td><td><code class="type">anyarray</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A list of NULL flags for the most common combinations of values.
- (Null when <code class="structfield">most_common_vals</code> is.)
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">most_common_freqs</code></td><td><code class="type">real[]</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A list of the frequencies of the most common combinations,
- i.e., number of occurrences of each divided by total number of rows.
- (Null when <code class="structfield">most_common_vals</code> is.)
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">most_common_base_freqs</code></td><td><code class="type">real[]</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A list of the base frequencies of the most common combinations,
- i.e., product of per-value frequencies.
- (Null when <code class="structfield">most_common_vals</code> is.)
- </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
- The maximum number of entries in the array fields can be controlled on a
- column-by-column basis using the <code class="command">ALTER TABLE SET STATISTICS</code>
- command, or globally by setting the
- <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-query.html#GUC-DEFAULT-STATISTICS-TARGET">default_statistics_target</a> run-time parameter.
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