Re: Add starelid, attnum to pg_stats and leverage this in pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Corey Huinker
Subject Re: Add starelid, attnum to pg_stats and leverage this in pg_dump
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Msg-id CADkLM=cuwGZU0i51vn+SUqptXB8QT8rhRRYshns+pX0KxczmAQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Add starelid, attnum to pg_stats and leverage this in pg_dump  (Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>)
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>  CREATE VIEW pg_stats_ext_exprs WITH (security_barrier) AS
>      SELECT cn.nspname AS schemaname,
>             c.relname AS tablename,
> +           s.stxrelid AS tableid,
>             sn.nspname AS statistics_schemaname,
>             s.stxname AS statistics_name,
> +           s.oid AS statid,
>             pg_get_userbyid(s.stxowner) AS statistics_owner,
> -           stat.expr,
> +           expr.expr,
> +           0 - expr.ordinality AS expr_attnum,

I left the expr_attnum stuff out.  It seems to make this patch quite large
and complicated, we don't plan to use it for the pg_dump patch, and I'm not
sure about showing users a "synthetic attnum" that seems to have no other
point of reference.  Would this information be useful in pg_dump somewhere?
I'm curious to hear more about the intent.

expr_attnum was something that Michael Paquier had lamented that the view didn't have. There is obviously no present need for it, as pg_dump isn't being modified for extended stats at all.
 
I didn't see much value in adding attnum here given the size of the changes
to the expected output it produces.

Same reasons for putting that in - people had lamented that we couldn't order the dump by attnum, and ordering by attname feels weird somehow. Again, we don't presently need it.

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