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pg_stats_ext_exprs

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The view pg_stats_ext_exprs provides access to information about all expressions included in extended statistics objects, combining information stored in the pg_statistic_ext and pg_statistic_ext_data catalogs.

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System views
Columns in this snapshot
17
Definition source
English manual

Columns 17

ColumnTypeDescription / reference
schemanamenameName of schema containing table
pg_namespace.nspname
tablenamenameName of table the statistics object is defined on
pg_class.relname
statistics_schemanamenameName of schema containing extended statistics object
pg_namespace.nspname
statistics_namenameName of extended statistics object
pg_statistic_ext.stxname
statistics_ownernameOwner of the extended statistics object
pg_authid.rolname
exprtextExpression included in the extended statistics object
inheritedboolIf true, the stats include values from child tables, not just the values in the specified relation
pg_statistic_ext_data.stxdinherit
null_fracfloat4Fraction of expression entries that are null
avg_widthint4Average width in bytes of expression's entries
n_distinctfloat4If greater than zero, the estimated number of distinct values in the expression. If less than zero, the negative of the number of distinct values divided by the number of rows. (The negated form is used when ANALYZE believes that the number of distinct values is likely to increase as the table grows; the positive form is used when the expression seems to have a fixed number of possible values.) For example, -1 indicates a unique expression in which the number of distinct values is the same as the number of rows.
most_common_valsanyarrayA list of the most common values in the expression. (Null if no values seem to be more common than any others.)
most_common_freqsfloat4[]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 most_common_vals is.)
histogram_boundsanyarrayA list of values that divide the expression's values into groups of approximately equal population. The values in most_common_vals, if present, are omitted from this histogram calculation. (This expression is null if the expression data type does not have a < operator or if the most_common_vals list accounts for the entire population.)
correlationfloat4Statistical correlation between physical row ordering and logical ordering of the expression values. This ranges from -1 to +1. When the value is near -1 or +1, an index scan on the expression will be estimated to be cheaper than when it is near zero, due to reduction of random access to the disk. (This expression is null if the expression's data type does not have a < operator.)
most_common_elemsanyarrayA list of non-null element values most often appearing within values of the expression. (Null for scalar types.)
most_common_elem_freqsfloat4[]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 most_common_elems is.)
elem_count_histogramfloat4[]A histogram of the counts of distinct non-null element values within the values of the expression, followed by the average number of distinct non-null elements. (Null for scalar types.)
Column history across versions
Version history 3
  1. PG 18 → 19changed
  2. PG 14 → 15changed
  3. PG 13 → 14added

Definition snapshot: english-manuals:1a70e00819a8174925546d04883… · English manual source