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- The view <code class="structname">pg_stats</code> provides access to
- the information stored in the <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-statistic.html" title="51.50. pg_statistic"><code class="structname">pg_statistic</code></a>
- catalog. This view allows access only to rows of
- <code class="structname">pg_statistic</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</code> is also designed to present the
- information in a more readable format than the underlying catalog
- — at the cost that its schema must be extended whenever new slot types
- are defined for <code class="structname">pg_statistic</code>.
- </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.90.5"><p class="title"><strong>Table 51.89. <code class="structname">pg_stats</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_stats 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">attname</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>Name of the column described by this row</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">inherited</code></td><td><code class="type">bool</code></td><td> </td><td>If true, this row includes inheritance child columns, not just the
- values in the specified table</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">null_frac</code></td><td><code class="type">real</code></td><td> </td><td>Fraction of column entries that are null</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">avg_width</code></td><td><code class="type">integer</code></td><td> </td><td>Average width in bytes of column's entries</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">n_distinct</code></td><td><code class="type">real</code></td><td> </td><td>
- If greater than zero, the estimated number of distinct values in the
- column. 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 column in which the number of distinct
- values is the same as the number of rows.
- </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 values in the column. (Null if
- no values seem to be more common than any others.)
- </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 values,
- 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">histogram_bounds</code></td><td><code class="type">anyarray</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A list of values that divide the column's values into groups of
- approximately equal population. The values in
- <code class="structfield">most_common_vals</code>, if present, are omitted from this
- histogram calculation. (This column is null if the column data type
- does not have a <code class="literal"><</code> operator or if the
- <code class="structfield">most_common_vals</code> list accounts for the entire
- population.)
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">correlation</code></td><td><code class="type">real</code></td><td> </td><td>
- Statistical correlation between physical row ordering and
- logical ordering of the column values. This ranges from -1 to +1.
- When the value is near -1 or +1, an index scan on the column will
- be estimated to be cheaper than when it is near zero, due to reduction
- of random access to the disk. (This column is null if the column data
- type does not have a <code class="literal"><</code> operator.)
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">most_common_elems</code></td><td><code class="type">anyarray</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A list of non-null element values most often appearing within values of
- the column. (Null for scalar types.)
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">most_common_elem_freqs</code></td><td><code class="type">real[]</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A list of the frequencies of the most common element values, i.e., the
- fraction of rows containing at least one instance of the given value.
- Two or three additional values follow the per-element frequencies;
- these are the minimum and maximum of the preceding per-element
- frequencies, and optionally the frequency of null elements.
- (Null when <code class="structfield">most_common_elems</code> is.)
- </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">elem_count_histogram</code></td><td><code class="type">real[]</code></td><td> </td><td>
- A histogram of the counts of distinct non-null element values within the
- values of the column, followed by the average number of distinct
- non-null elements. (Null for scalar types.)
- </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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