(Resending with -hackers)
It seems like your patch should also check "inh" in examine_variable and
statext_expressions_load.
Which leads to another issue in stable branches:
ANALYZE builds only non-inherited stats, but they're incorrectly used for
inherited queries - the rowcount estimate is worse on inheritence parents with
extended stats than without.
CREATE TABLE p(i int, j int);
CREATE TABLE p1() INHERITS(p);
INSERT INTO p SELECT a, a/10 FROM generate_series(1,9)a;
INSERT INTO p1 SELECT a, a FROM generate_series(1,999)a;
CREATE STATISTICS ps ON i,j FROM p;
VACUUM ANALYZE p,p1;
postgres=# explain analyze SELECT * FROM p GROUP BY 1,2;
HashAggregate (cost=26.16..26.25 rows=9 width=8) (actual time=2.571..3.282 rows=1008 loops=1)
postgres=# begin; DROP STATISTICS ps; explain analyze SELECT * FROM p GROUP BY 1,2; rollback;
HashAggregate (cost=26.16..36.16 rows=1000 width=8) (actual time=2.167..2.872 rows=1008 loops=1)
I guess examine_variable() should have corresponding logic to the hardcoded
!inh in analyze.c.
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Justin