Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 13:20 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
>>> Solutions can also include
>>> * manual mechanism for setting ndistinct that doesn't keep getting
>>> overwritten by subsequent ANALYZEs
>>
>> Hmm, that might actually be the most practical answer for large,
>> reasonably-static tables. Especially if we expose the "negative
>> stadistinct" feature to let people specify it as a fraction of table
>> size.
> Works for me. Especially if you want to think more about ANALYZE before
> changing that.
Well, it's something that would be sane to contemplate adding in 8.4.
It's way too late for any of this other stuff to happen in this release.
regards, tom lane