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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>CREATE STATISTICS</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /><link rel="prev" href="sql-createserver.html" title="CREATE SERVER" /><link rel="next" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">CREATE STATISTICS</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-createserver.html" title="CREATE SERVER">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">SQL Commands</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="refentry" id="SQL-CREATESTATISTICS"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.3.83.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE STATISTICS</span></h2><p>CREATE STATISTICS — define extended statistics</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis">
+CREATE STATISTICS [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <em class="replaceable"><code>statistics_name</code></em>
+ [ ( <em class="replaceable"><code>statistics_kind</code></em> [, ... ] ) ]
+ ON <em class="replaceable"><code>column_name</code></em>, <em class="replaceable"><code>column_name</code></em> [, ...]
+ FROM <em class="replaceable"><code>table_name</code></em>
+</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="SQL-CREATESTATISTICS-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
+ <code class="command">CREATE STATISTICS</code> will create a new extended statistics
+ object tracking data about the specified table, foreign table or
+ materialized view. The statistics object will be created in the current
+ database and will be owned by the user issuing the command.
+ </p><p>
+ If a schema name is given (for example, <code class="literal">CREATE STATISTICS
+ myschema.mystat ...</code>) then the statistics object is created in the
+ specified schema. Otherwise it is created in the current schema.
+ The name of the statistics object must be distinct from the name of any
+ other statistics object in the same schema.
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.83.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">IF NOT EXISTS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Do not throw an error if a statistics object with the same name already
+ exists. A notice is issued in this case. Note that only the name of
+ the statistics object is considered here, not the details of its
+ definition.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>statistics_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
+ The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the statistics object to be
+ created.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>statistics_kind</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
+ A statistics kind to be computed in this statistics object.
+ Currently supported kinds are
+ <code class="literal">ndistinct</code>, which enables n-distinct statistics,
+ <code class="literal">dependencies</code>, which enables functional
+ dependency statistics, and <code class="literal">mcv</code> which enables
+ most-common values lists.
+ If this clause is omitted, all supported statistics kinds are
+ included in the statistics object.
+ For more information, see <a class="xref" href="planner-stats.html#PLANNER-STATS-EXTENDED" title="14.2.2. Extended Statistics">Section 14.2.2</a>
+ and <a class="xref" href="multivariate-statistics-examples.html" title="71.2. Multivariate Statistics Examples">Section 71.2</a>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>column_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
+ The name of a table column to be covered by the computed statistics.
+ At least two column names must be given; the order of the column names
+ is insignificant.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>table_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
+ The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table containing the
+ column(s) the statistics are computed on.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.83.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
+ You must be the owner of a table to create a statistics object
+ reading it. Once created, however, the ownership of the statistics
+ object is independent of the underlying table(s).
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="SQL-CREATESTATISTICS-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
+ Create table <code class="structname">t1</code> with two functionally dependent columns, i.e.,
+ knowledge of a value in the first column is sufficient for determining the
+ value in the other column. Then functional dependency statistics are built
+ on those columns:
+
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+ a int,
+ b int
+);
+
+INSERT INTO t1 SELECT i/100, i/500
+ FROM generate_series(1,1000000) s(i);
+
+ANALYZE t1;
+
+-- the number of matching rows will be drastically underestimated:
+EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE (a = 1) AND (b = 0);
+
+CREATE STATISTICS s1 (dependencies) ON a, b FROM t1;
+
+ANALYZE t1;
+
+-- now the row count estimate is more accurate:
+EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE (a = 1) AND (b = 0);
+</pre><p>
+
+ Without functional-dependency statistics, the planner would assume
+ that the two <code class="literal">WHERE</code> conditions are independent, and would
+ multiply their selectivities together to arrive at a much-too-small
+ row count estimate.
+ With such statistics, the planner recognizes that the <code class="literal">WHERE</code>
+ conditions are redundant and does not underestimate the row count.
+ </p><p>
+ Create table <code class="structname">t2</code> with two perfectly correlated columns
+ (containing identical data), and a MCV list on those columns:
+
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+CREATE TABLE t2 (
+ a int,
+ b int
+);
+
+INSERT INTO t2 SELECT mod(i,100), mod(i,100)
+ FROM generate_series(1,1000000) s(i);
+
+CREATE STATISTICS s2 (mcv) ON a, b FROM t2;
+
+ANALYZE t2;
+
+-- valid combination (found in MCV)
+EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM t2 WHERE (a = 1) AND (b = 1);
+
+-- invalid combination (not found in MCV)
+EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM t2 WHERE (a = 1) AND (b = 2);
+</pre><p>
+
+ The MCV list gives the planner more detailed information about the
+ specific values that commonly appear in the table, as well as an upper
+ bound on the selectivities of combinations of values that do not appear
+ in the table, allowing it to generate better estimates in both cases.
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.83.9"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
+ There is no <code class="command">CREATE STATISTICS</code> command in the SQL standard.
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.83.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-alterstatistics.html" title="ALTER STATISTICS"><span class="refentrytitle">ALTER STATISTICS</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-dropstatistics.html" title="DROP STATISTICS"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP STATISTICS</span></a></span></div></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navfooter"><hr></hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-createserver.html" title="CREATE SERVER">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html" title="SQL Commands">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-createsubscription.html" title="CREATE SUBSCRIPTION">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">CREATE SERVER </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> CREATE SUBSCRIPTION</td></tr></table></div></body></html> \ No newline at end of file