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From: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>
To: Ron Mayer <[email protected]>
Cc: Euler Taveira de Oliveira <[email protected]>
Cc: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: explain analyze rows=%.0f
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:41:00 +0100
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On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 20:30 -0700, Ron Mayer wrote:

> What I'd find strange about "6.67 rows" in your example is more that on
> the estimated rows side, it seems to imply an unrealistically precise estimate
> in the same way that "667 rows" would seem unrealistically precise to me.
> Maybe rounding to 2 significant digits would reduce confusion?

You're right that the number of significant digits already exceeds the
true accuracy of the computation. I think what Robert wants to see is
the exact value used in the calc, so the estimates can be checked more
thoroughly than is currently possible.

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 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com
 PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support




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