pg_stats.avg_width differs by a factor of 4 on different machines - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi list

We are using the PostgreSQL pg_stats view to estimate file sizes for some geodata exports. However, the following query gives us totally different results on different servers:

select avg_width from pg_stats where tablename='some_geodata' and attname = 'GEOMETRY';

PostgreSQL 8.3.7 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.3.real (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) 4.3.2

81803

PostgreSQL 8.2.9 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC cc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)

20450

I couldn't find anything in the 8.3 release notes that looked relevant. Any help appreciated.

Regards
Craig de Stigter

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