I have an index scan on a custom function that is returning a wildly incorrect 
row estimate that is throwing off the rest of the query planning.  The result 
of the function is roughly unique - there are a handful with multiple entries - 
but the planner is estimating 227,745 rows.  I re-ran ANALYZE on the table and 
the results did not change.  Any suggestions on how to get more accurate 
planner result?


Function definition:

CREATE FUNCTION parsecardidfromreferencecode(text) RETURNS text AS $_$
BEGIN
RETURN SUBSTRING($1 FROM 3 FOR 13);
END;
$_$ LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE;

Explain output:

# explain select * from trail.event where type='CREDIT' and 
parsecardidfromreferencecode(reference_code) = lpad(CAST('57729970' AS text), 
13, '0');
                                        QUERY PLAN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Index Scan using idx_event_card_id on event  (cost=0.25..468642.89 rows=227745 
width=104)
   Index Cond: (parsecardidfromreferencecode(reference_code) = 
'0000057729970'::text)

Statistics:

# SELECT null_frac, avg_width, n_distinct, most_common_vals, most_common_freqs, 
correlation, histogram_bounds FROM pg_stats WHERE tablename = 
'idx_event_card_id';
 null_frac | avg_width | n_distinct | most_common_vals | most_common_freqs | 
correlation |                                                                   
   histogram_bounds
-----------+-----------+------------+------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0.0935673 |        17 |         -1 |                  |                   |    
0.672617 | 
{0000007932138,0000029448430,0000033432203,0000037841145,0000042171261,0000046399858,0000050938838,0000055122354,0003139385377,1220821134582,1261876426760}
Thanks.


Michael


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