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Currently, there is just one algorithm for sampling tuples from a table written in acquire_sample_rows(). Custom table AM can just redefine the way to get the next block/tuple by implementing scan_analyze_next_block() and scan_analyze_next_tuple() API functions. This approach doesn't seem general enough. For instance, it's unclear how to sample this way index-organized tables. This commit allows table AM to encapsulate the whole sampling algorithm (currently implemented in acquire_sample_rows()) into the relation_analyze() API function. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAPpHfdurb9ycV8udYqM%3Do0sPS66PJ4RCBM1g-bBpvzUfogY0EA%40mail.gmail.com Reviewed-by: Pavel Borisov, Matthias van de Meent
PostgreSQL Database Management System
This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system.
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.
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