Re: [PERFORM] multi-column index

2005-03-18 Thread Manfred Koizar
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:15:32 -0500, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am coming around to the view that we really do need to calculate >index-specific correlation numbers, Correlation is a first step. We might also want distribution information like number of distinct index tuples and histog

Re: [PERFORM] multi-column index

2005-03-18 Thread Manfred Koizar
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:48:30 -0800, Ron Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Would this also help estimates in the case where values in a table >are tightly clustered, though not in strictly ascending or descending >order? No, I was just expanding the existing notion of correlation from single column

Re: [PERFORM] One tuple per transaction

2005-03-18 Thread Hannu Krosing
On L, 2005-03-12 at 14:05 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote: > Tambet, > > > In one of our applications we have a database function, which > > recalculates COGS (cost of good sold) for certain period. This involves > > deleting bunch of rows from one table, inserting them again in correct > > order and upd