From: David Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:51:36 +0000 (+1200)
Subject: Doc: mention that extended stats aren't used for joins
X-Git-Tag: REL_11_21~41
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=59634df871a4a63af679ddace44ded7492fd83bc;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

Doc: mention that extended stats aren't used for joins

Statistics defined by the CREATE STATISTICS command are only used to
assist with the selectivity estimations of base relations, never for
joins.  Here we mention this fact in the notes section of the CREATE
STATISTICS command.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAApHDvrMuVgDOrmg_EtFDZ=AOovq6EsJNnHH1ddyZ8EqL4yzMw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 11
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_statistics.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_statistics.sgml
index 8770470cee1..330bdc6494a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_statistics.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_statistics.sgml
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ CREATE STATISTICS [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">statistics_na
    reading it.  Once created, however, the ownership of the statistics
    object is independent of the underlying table(s).
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   Extended statistics are not currently used by the planner for selectivity
+   estimations made for table joins.  This limitation will likely be removed
+   in a future version of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
+  </para>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1 id="sql-createstatistics-examples">