Commit 1a6a2765 authored by Neil Conway's avatar Neil Conway

Add a few more xrefs, where they seemed appropriate: for example, refer

to the discussion of planner statistics in the documentation for the
default_statistics_target GUC var.
parent 4a43b24c
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......@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
sets the per-column statistics-gathering target for subsequent
<xref linkend="sql-analyze" endterm="sql-analyze-title"> operations.
The target can be set in the range 0 to 1000; alternatively, set it
to -1 to revert to using the system default statistics target.
to -1 to revert to using the system default statistics
target. For more information on the use of statistics by the
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> query planner, refer to
<xref linkend="planner-stats">.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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......@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable> is:
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">data_type</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The data type of the column. This may include array specifiers.
The data type of the column. This may include array
specifiers. For more information on the data types included with
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, refer to <xref
linkend="datatype">.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<Chapter Id="runtime">
......@@ -1562,11 +1562,13 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
<term><varname>default_statistics_target</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the default statistics target for table columns that have not
had a column-specific target set via <command>ALTER TABLE SET
STATISTICS</>. Larger values increase the time needed to do
<command>ANALYZE</>, but may improve the quality of the planner's
estimates. The default is 10.
Sets the default statistics target for table columns that have
not had a column-specific target set via <command>ALTER TABLE
SET STATISTICS</>. Larger values increase the time needed to
do <command>ANALYZE</>, but may improve the quality of the
planner's estimates. The default is 10. For more information
on the use of statistics by the <productname>PostgreSQL</>
query planner, refer to <xref linkend="planner-stats">.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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