Are the estimates made for number of pages accurate - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Sai Sadashiva Kundurmutt
Subject Are the estimates made for number of pages accurate
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Hi,
I wanted to know whether the numbers calculated by ANALYZE for number of pages are exact(the relpages field in pg_class). I had the impression that it is exact  because during random sampling the number of pages is assumed to be known. Is this true ??
Thank you,
Warm regards,
Sai Sadashiva JK

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