Re: SQL/MED - core functionality

On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 09:03 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> Answering a few of your questions

Many thanks.

> > 7. Why does ANALYZE skip foreign tables? Surely its really important we
> > know things about a foreign table, otherwise we are going to optimize
> > things very badly.
> 
> Quite apart from other reasons, such as possible ephemerality of the 
> data, the difficulty of taking a reasonable random sample from an 
> arbitrary foreign data source seems substantial, and we surely don't 
> want ANALYSE to have to run a full sequential scan of a foreign data source.

I think we need something that estimates the size of a table, at least,
otherwise queries will be completely un-optimised.

> > 10. Can a foreign table be referenced by a FK?
> 
> I don't see how it can be. There would be no unique index to use.

That answers another question also.


Still many unanswered.

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