Re: Allow to collect statistics on virtual generated columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Yugo Nagata
Subject Re: Allow to collect statistics on virtual generated columns
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Msg-id 20260327143511.d84a76decfcbd6b80bdf56ed@sraoss.co.jp
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In response to Re: Allow to collect statistics on virtual generated columns  (Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Allow to collect statistics on virtual generated columns
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On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:44:01 +0000
Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 17:18, Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:00:38 +0000
> > Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 15:09, Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've attached an updated patch including the documentation and tests.
> > >
> > > I think this is a much better approach.
> > >
> > > One thing that stands out in CreateStatistics() is that the check for
> > > a less-than operator can be skipped if there is just a single virtual
> > > generated column, for the same reason as for statistics on a single
> > > expression. I.e., it should be possible to build statistics on a
> > > single virtual generated column of any data type.
> >
> > I've attached a revised patch to skip the less-than operator check
> > for a single virtual generated column.
> >
> > In fact, this change skips the check for any single column,
> > not just virtual generated columns. However, using a non-virtual
> > single column will result in an error elsewhere.
> 
> Makes sense. I think the comments could just be simplified to say
> "Disallow data types without a less-than operator in multivariate
> statistics", and add the word "multivariate" to the error message, as
> in the expression case.

Agreed. I've attached a revised patch accordingly.

Regards,
Yugo Nagata

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Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp>

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