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Doc: clarify n_distinct_inherited setting
authorDavid Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:25:34 +0000 (09:25 +1300)
committerDavid Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:25:34 +0000 (09:25 +1300)
commitf691e72585a3811a05e37d27e898b1d816ff9ff9
tree406cdecdc9bed86dd9902d6e84d98496a84a322e
parent6a4009747c3687bf1fdfef5f0b75c33681f37a10
Doc: clarify n_distinct_inherited setting

There was some confusion around how to adjust the n_distinct estimates
for partitioned tables.  Here we try and clarify that
n_distinct_inherited needs to be adjusted rather than n_distinct.

Also fix some slightly misleading text which was talking about table
size rather than table rows, fix a grammatical error, and adjust some
text which indicated that ANALYZE was performing calculations based on
the n_distinct settings.  Really it's the query planner that does this
and ANALYZE only stores the overridden n_distinct estimate value in
pg_statistic.

Author: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Backpatch-through: 13
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAApHDvrL7a-ZytM1SP8Uk9nEw9bR2CPzVb+uP+bcNj=_q-ZmVw@mail.gmail.com
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml