Re: [DOCS] planner stats

2005-02-02 Thread Neil Conway
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 11:02 +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > the SET STATISTICS description under ALTER TABLE doesn't explain how > to choose the right target (is there a formula?) There's no simple formula; in particular, it's not merely a matter of raising the target for the columns of a large ta

Re: [DOCS] Typo in performance-tips.html

2005-02-02 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 11:15:10PM -0700, Michael Fuhr wrote: > > Here's a brief article about how the "y" in "ye" is a misspelling > of the "thorn" (รพ) character: > > http://www.bartleby.com/68/15/6615.html Here's another article mentioning that "y" was used in place of thorn on printing presses

Re: [DOCS] Typo in performance-tips.html

2005-02-02 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 10:33:43AM -0800, Hashem Masoud wrote: > I believe this is a typo in the file > performance-tips.html (perform.sgml): > > This plan proposes to extract the 50 interesting rows > of tenk1 using ye same olde index scan, stash them > into an in-memory hash table, What's the

[DOCS] Typo in performance-tips.html

2005-02-02 Thread Hashem Masoud
Hi all, I believe this is a typo in the file performance-tips.html (perform.sgml): This plan proposes to extract the 50 interesting rows of tenk1 using ye same olde index scan, stash them into an in-memory hash table, Regards, Hashem Masoud _

Re: [DOCS] FAQ 4.11.* numbering is off

2005-02-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
Thanks. Fixed. --- Michael Fuhr wrote: > The numbering in the FAQ table of contents doesn't always agree > with the numbering in the body. For example, the table of contents > has this: > > 4.11.0) How do I create a seria

[DOCS] planner stats

2005-02-02 Thread Roman Neuhauser
Hello, trying to figure out the right statistics target for a large table, I found the reference manual lacking: the SET STATISTICS description under ALTER TABLE doesn't explain how to choose the right target (is there a formula?), I'm not insisting it should, but: it says "For more information