1 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 * Functions for selectivity estimation of array operators
6 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2014, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
7 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
11 * src/backend/utils/adt/array_selfuncs.c
13 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
19 #include "access/htup_details.h"
20 #include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
21 #include "catalog/pg_operator.h"
22 #include "catalog/pg_statistic.h"
23 #include "optimizer/clauses.h"
24 #include "utils/array.h"
25 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
26 #include "utils/selfuncs.h"
27 #include "utils/typcache.h"
30 /* Default selectivity constant for "@>" and "<@" operators */
31 #define DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL 0.005
33 /* Default selectivity constant for "&&" operator */
34 #define DEFAULT_OVERLAP_SEL 0.01
36 /* Default selectivity for given operator */
37 #define DEFAULT_SEL(operator) \
38 ((operator) == OID_ARRAY_OVERLAP_OP ? \
39 DEFAULT_OVERLAP_SEL : DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL)
41 static Selectivity calc_arraycontsel(VariableStatData *vardata, Datum constval,
42 Oid elemtype, Oid operator);
43 static Selectivity mcelem_array_selec(ArrayType *array,
44 TypeCacheEntry *typentry,
45 Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem,
46 float4 *numbers, int nnumbers,
47 float4 *hist, int nhist,
48 Oid operator, FmgrInfo *cmpfunc);
49 static Selectivity mcelem_array_contain_overlap_selec(Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem,
50 float4 *numbers, int nnumbers,
51 Datum *array_data, int nitems,
52 Oid operator, FmgrInfo *cmpfunc);
53 static Selectivity mcelem_array_contained_selec(Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem,
54 float4 *numbers, int nnumbers,
55 Datum *array_data, int nitems,
56 float4 *hist, int nhist,
57 Oid operator, FmgrInfo *cmpfunc);
58 static float *calc_hist(const float4 *hist, int nhist, int n);
59 static float *calc_distr(const float *p, int n, int m, float rest);
60 static int floor_log2(uint32 n);
61 static bool find_next_mcelem(Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem, Datum value,
62 int *index, FmgrInfo *cmpfunc);
63 static int element_compare(const void *key1, const void *key2, void *arg);
64 static int float_compare_desc(const void *key1, const void *key2);
68 * scalararraysel_containment
69 * Estimate selectivity of ScalarArrayOpExpr via array containment.
71 * scalararraysel() has already verified that the operator of a
72 * ScalarArrayOpExpr is the array element type's default equality or
73 * inequality operator. If we have const =/<> ANY/ALL (array_var)
74 * then we can estimate the selectivity as though this were an array
75 * containment operator, array_var op ARRAY[const].
77 * Returns selectivity (0..1), or -1 if we fail to estimate selectivity.
80 scalararraysel_containment(PlannerInfo *root,
81 Node *leftop, Node *rightop,
82 Oid elemtype, bool isEquality, bool useOr,
86 VariableStatData vardata;
88 TypeCacheEntry *typentry;
92 * rightop must be a variable, else punt.
94 examine_variable(root, rightop, varRelid, &vardata);
97 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
102 * Aggressively reduce leftop to a constant, if possible.
104 leftop = estimate_expression_value(root, leftop);
105 if (!IsA(leftop, Const))
107 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
110 if (((Const *) leftop)->constisnull)
112 /* qual can't succeed if null on left */
113 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
114 return (Selectivity) 0.0;
116 constval = ((Const *) leftop)->constvalue;
118 /* Get element type's default comparison function */
119 typentry = lookup_type_cache(elemtype, TYPECACHE_CMP_PROC_FINFO);
120 if (!OidIsValid(typentry->cmp_proc_finfo.fn_oid))
122 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
125 cmpfunc = &typentry->cmp_proc_finfo;
128 * If the operator is <>, swap ANY/ALL, then invert the result later.
133 /* Get array element stats for var, if available */
134 if (HeapTupleIsValid(vardata.statsTuple))
136 Form_pg_statistic stats;
144 stats = (Form_pg_statistic) GETSTRUCT(vardata.statsTuple);
146 /* MCELEM will be an array of same type as element */
147 if (get_attstatsslot(vardata.statsTuple,
148 elemtype, vardata.atttypmod,
149 STATISTIC_KIND_MCELEM, InvalidOid,
152 &numbers, &nnumbers))
154 /* For ALL case, also get histogram of distinct-element counts */
156 !get_attstatsslot(vardata.statsTuple,
157 elemtype, vardata.atttypmod,
158 STATISTIC_KIND_DECHIST, InvalidOid,
168 * For = ANY, estimate as var @> ARRAY[const].
170 * For = ALL, estimate as var <@ ARRAY[const].
173 selec = mcelem_array_contain_overlap_selec(values, nvalues,
176 OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP,
179 selec = mcelem_array_contained_selec(values, nvalues,
183 OID_ARRAY_CONTAINED_OP,
187 free_attstatsslot(elemtype, NULL, 0, hist, nhist);
188 free_attstatsslot(elemtype, values, nvalues, numbers, nnumbers);
192 /* No most-common-elements info, so do without */
194 selec = mcelem_array_contain_overlap_selec(NULL, 0,
197 OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP,
200 selec = mcelem_array_contained_selec(NULL, 0,
204 OID_ARRAY_CONTAINED_OP,
209 * MCE stats count only non-null rows, so adjust for null rows.
211 selec *= (1.0 - stats->stanullfrac);
215 /* No stats at all, so do without */
217 selec = mcelem_array_contain_overlap_selec(NULL, 0,
220 OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP,
223 selec = mcelem_array_contained_selec(NULL, 0,
227 OID_ARRAY_CONTAINED_OP,
229 /* we assume no nulls here, so no stanullfrac correction */
232 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
235 * If the operator is <>, invert the results.
240 CLAMP_PROBABILITY(selec);
246 * arraycontsel -- restriction selectivity for array @>, &&, <@ operators
249 arraycontsel(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
251 PlannerInfo *root = (PlannerInfo *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
252 Oid operator = PG_GETARG_OID(1);
253 List *args = (List *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(2);
254 int varRelid = PG_GETARG_INT32(3);
255 VariableStatData vardata;
262 * If expression is not (variable op something) or (something op
263 * variable), then punt and return a default estimate.
265 if (!get_restriction_variable(root, args, varRelid,
266 &vardata, &other, &varonleft))
267 PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(DEFAULT_SEL(operator));
270 * Can't do anything useful if the something is not a constant, either.
272 if (!IsA(other, Const))
274 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
275 PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(DEFAULT_SEL(operator));
279 * The "&&", "@>" and "<@" operators are strict, so we can cope with a
280 * NULL constant right away.
282 if (((Const *) other)->constisnull)
284 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
285 PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(0.0);
289 * If var is on the right, commute the operator, so that we can assume the
290 * var is on the left in what follows.
294 if (operator == OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP)
295 operator = OID_ARRAY_CONTAINED_OP;
296 else if (operator == OID_ARRAY_CONTAINED_OP)
297 operator = OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP;
301 * OK, there's a Var and a Const we're dealing with here. We need the
302 * Const to be a array with same element type as column, else we can't do
303 * anything useful. (Such cases will likely fail at runtime, but here
304 * we'd rather just return a default estimate.)
306 element_typeid = get_base_element_type(((Const *) other)->consttype);
307 if (element_typeid != InvalidOid &&
308 element_typeid == get_base_element_type(vardata.vartype))
310 selec = calc_arraycontsel(&vardata, ((Const *) other)->constvalue,
311 element_typeid, operator);
315 selec = DEFAULT_SEL(operator);
318 ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
320 CLAMP_PROBABILITY(selec);
322 PG_RETURN_FLOAT8((float8) selec);
326 * arraycontjoinsel -- join selectivity for array @>, &&, <@ operators
329 arraycontjoinsel(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
331 /* For the moment this is just a stub */
332 Oid operator = PG_GETARG_OID(1);
334 PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(DEFAULT_SEL(operator));
338 * Calculate selectivity for "arraycolumn @> const", "arraycolumn && const"
339 * or "arraycolumn <@ const" based on the statistics
341 * This function is mainly responsible for extracting the pg_statistic data
342 * to be used; we then pass the problem on to mcelem_array_selec().
345 calc_arraycontsel(VariableStatData *vardata, Datum constval,
346 Oid elemtype, Oid operator)
349 TypeCacheEntry *typentry;
353 /* Get element type's default comparison function */
354 typentry = lookup_type_cache(elemtype, TYPECACHE_CMP_PROC_FINFO);
355 if (!OidIsValid(typentry->cmp_proc_finfo.fn_oid))
356 return DEFAULT_SEL(operator);
357 cmpfunc = &typentry->cmp_proc_finfo;
360 * The caller made sure the const is a array with same element type, so
363 array = DatumGetArrayTypeP(constval);
365 if (HeapTupleIsValid(vardata->statsTuple))
367 Form_pg_statistic stats;
375 stats = (Form_pg_statistic) GETSTRUCT(vardata->statsTuple);
377 /* MCELEM will be an array of same type as column */
378 if (get_attstatsslot(vardata->statsTuple,
379 elemtype, vardata->atttypmod,
380 STATISTIC_KIND_MCELEM, InvalidOid,
383 &numbers, &nnumbers))
386 * For "array <@ const" case we also need histogram of distinct
389 if (operator != OID_ARRAY_CONTAINED_OP ||
390 !get_attstatsslot(vardata->statsTuple,
391 elemtype, vardata->atttypmod,
392 STATISTIC_KIND_DECHIST, InvalidOid,
401 /* Use the most-common-elements slot for the array Var. */
402 selec = mcelem_array_selec(array, typentry,
409 free_attstatsslot(elemtype, NULL, 0, hist, nhist);
410 free_attstatsslot(elemtype, values, nvalues, numbers, nnumbers);
414 /* No most-common-elements info, so do without */
415 selec = mcelem_array_selec(array, typentry,
416 NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0,
421 * MCE stats count only non-null rows, so adjust for null rows.
423 selec *= (1.0 - stats->stanullfrac);
427 /* No stats at all, so do without */
428 selec = mcelem_array_selec(array, typentry,
429 NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0,
431 /* we assume no nulls here, so no stanullfrac correction */
434 /* If constant was toasted, release the copy we made */
435 if (PointerGetDatum(array) != constval)
442 * Array selectivity estimation based on most common elements statistics
444 * This function just deconstructs and sorts the array constant's contents,
445 * and then passes the problem on to mcelem_array_contain_overlap_selec or
446 * mcelem_array_contained_selec depending on the operator.
449 mcelem_array_selec(ArrayType *array, TypeCacheEntry *typentry,
450 Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem,
451 float4 *numbers, int nnumbers,
452 float4 *hist, int nhist,
453 Oid operator, FmgrInfo *cmpfunc)
464 * Prepare constant array data for sorting. Sorting lets us find unique
465 * elements and efficiently merge with the MCELEM array.
467 deconstruct_array(array,
472 &elem_values, &elem_nulls, &num_elems);
474 /* Collapse out any null elements */
476 null_present = false;
477 for (i = 0; i < num_elems; i++)
482 elem_values[nonnull_nitems++] = elem_values[i];
486 * Query "column @> '{anything, null}'" matches nothing. For the other
487 * two operators, presence of a null in the constant can be ignored.
489 if (null_present && operator == OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP)
493 return (Selectivity) 0.0;
496 /* Sort extracted elements using their default comparison function. */
497 qsort_arg(elem_values, nonnull_nitems, sizeof(Datum),
498 element_compare, cmpfunc);
500 /* Separate cases according to operator */
501 if (operator == OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP || operator == OID_ARRAY_OVERLAP_OP)
502 selec = mcelem_array_contain_overlap_selec(mcelem, nmcelem,
504 elem_values, nonnull_nitems,
506 else if (operator == OID_ARRAY_CONTAINED_OP)
507 selec = mcelem_array_contained_selec(mcelem, nmcelem,
509 elem_values, nonnull_nitems,
514 elog(ERROR, "arraycontsel called for unrecognized operator %u",
516 selec = 0.0; /* keep compiler quiet */
525 * Estimate selectivity of "column @> const" and "column && const" based on
526 * most common element statistics. This estimation assumes element
527 * occurrences are independent.
529 * mcelem (of length nmcelem) and numbers (of length nnumbers) are from
530 * the array column's MCELEM statistics slot, or are NULL/0 if stats are
531 * not available. array_data (of length nitems) is the constant's elements.
533 * Both the mcelem and array_data arrays are assumed presorted according
534 * to the element type's cmpfunc. Null elements are not present.
536 * TODO: this estimate probably could be improved by using the distinct
537 * elements count histogram. For example, excepting the special case of
538 * "column @> '{}'", we can multiply the calculated selectivity by the
539 * fraction of nonempty arrays in the column.
542 mcelem_array_contain_overlap_selec(Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem,
543 float4 *numbers, int nnumbers,
544 Datum *array_data, int nitems,
545 Oid operator, FmgrInfo *cmpfunc)
555 * There should be three more Numbers than Values, because the last three
556 * cells should hold minimal and maximal frequency among the non-null
557 * elements, and then the frequency of null elements. Ignore the Numbers
560 if (nnumbers != nmcelem + 3)
568 /* Grab the lowest observed frequency */
569 minfreq = numbers[nmcelem];
573 /* Without statistics make some default assumptions */
574 minfreq = 2 * (float4) DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL;
577 /* Decide whether it is faster to use binary search or not. */
578 if (nitems * floor_log2((uint32) nmcelem) < nmcelem + nitems)
583 if (operator == OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP)
586 * Initial selectivity for "column @> const" query is 1.0, and it will
587 * be decreased with each element of constant array.
594 * Initial selectivity for "column && const" query is 0.0, and it will
595 * be increased with each element of constant array.
600 /* Scan mcelem and array in parallel. */
602 for (i = 0; i < nitems; i++)
606 /* Ignore any duplicates in the array data. */
608 element_compare(&array_data[i - 1], &array_data[i], cmpfunc) == 0)
611 /* Find the smallest MCELEM >= this array item. */
614 match = find_next_mcelem(mcelem, nmcelem, array_data[i],
615 &mcelem_index, cmpfunc);
619 while (mcelem_index < nmcelem)
621 int cmp = element_compare(&mcelem[mcelem_index],
630 match = true; /* mcelem is found */
636 if (match && numbers)
638 /* MCELEM matches the array item; use its frequency. */
639 elem_selec = numbers[mcelem_index];
645 * The element is not in MCELEM. Punt, but assume that the
646 * selectivity cannot be more than minfreq / 2.
648 elem_selec = Min(DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL, minfreq / 2);
652 * Update overall selectivity using the current element's selectivity
653 * and an assumption of element occurrence independence.
655 if (operator == OID_ARRAY_CONTAINS_OP)
658 selec = selec + elem_selec - selec * elem_selec;
660 /* Clamp intermediate results to stay sane despite roundoff error */
661 CLAMP_PROBABILITY(selec);
668 * Estimate selectivity of "column <@ const" based on most common element
671 * mcelem (of length nmcelem) and numbers (of length nnumbers) are from
672 * the array column's MCELEM statistics slot, or are NULL/0 if stats are
673 * not available. array_data (of length nitems) is the constant's elements.
674 * hist (of length nhist) is from the array column's DECHIST statistics slot,
675 * or is NULL/0 if those stats are not available.
677 * Both the mcelem and array_data arrays are assumed presorted according
678 * to the element type's cmpfunc. Null elements are not present.
680 * Independent element occurrence would imply a particular distribution of
681 * distinct element counts among matching rows. Real data usually falsifies
682 * that assumption. For example, in a set of 11-element integer arrays having
683 * elements in the range [0..10], element occurrences are typically not
684 * independent. If they were, a sufficiently-large set would include all
685 * distinct element counts 0 through 11. We correct for this using the
686 * histogram of distinct element counts.
688 * In the "column @> const" and "column && const" cases, we usually have a
689 * "const" with low number of elements (otherwise we have selectivity close
690 * to 0 or 1 respectively). That's why the effect of dependence related
691 * to distinct element count distribution is negligible there. In the
692 * "column <@ const" case, number of elements is usually high (otherwise we
693 * have selectivity close to 0). That's why we should do a correction with
694 * the array distinct element count distribution here.
696 * Using the histogram of distinct element counts produces a different
697 * distribution law than independent occurrences of elements. This
698 * distribution law can be described as follows:
700 * P(o1, o2, ..., on) = f1^o1 * (1 - f1)^(1 - o1) * f2^o2 *
701 * (1 - f2)^(1 - o2) * ... * fn^on * (1 - fn)^(1 - on) * hist[m] / ind[m]
704 * o1, o2, ..., on - occurrences of elements 1, 2, ..., n
705 * (1 - occurrence, 0 - no occurrence) in row
706 * f1, f2, ..., fn - frequencies of elements 1, 2, ..., n
707 * (scalar values in [0..1]) according to collected statistics
708 * m = o1 + o2 + ... + on = total number of distinct elements in row
709 * hist[m] - histogram data for occurrence of m elements.
710 * ind[m] - probability of m occurrences from n events assuming their
711 * probabilities to be equal to frequencies of array elements.
713 * ind[m] = sum(f1^o1 * (1 - f1)^(1 - o1) * f2^o2 * (1 - f2)^(1 - o2) *
714 * ... * fn^on * (1 - fn)^(1 - on), o1, o2, ..., on) | o1 + o2 + .. on = m
717 mcelem_array_contained_selec(Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem,
718 float4 *numbers, int nnumbers,
719 Datum *array_data, int nitems,
720 float4 *hist, int nhist,
721 Oid operator, FmgrInfo *cmpfunc)
738 * There should be three more Numbers than Values in the MCELEM slot,
739 * because the last three cells should hold minimal and maximal frequency
740 * among the non-null elements, and then the frequency of null elements.
741 * Punt if not right, because we can't do much without the element freqs.
743 if (numbers == NULL || nnumbers != nmcelem + 3)
744 return DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL;
746 /* Can't do much without a count histogram, either */
747 if (hist == NULL || nhist < 3)
748 return DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL;
751 * Grab some of the summary statistics that compute_array_stats() stores:
752 * lowest frequency, frequency of null elements, and average distinct
755 minfreq = numbers[nmcelem];
756 nullelem_freq = numbers[nmcelem + 2];
757 avg_count = hist[nhist - 1];
760 * "rest" will be the sum of the frequencies of all elements not
761 * represented in MCELEM. The average distinct element count is the sum
762 * of the frequencies of *all* elements. Begin with that; we will proceed
763 * to subtract the MCELEM frequencies.
768 * mult is a multiplier representing estimate of probability that each
769 * mcelem that is not present in constant doesn't occur.
774 * elem_selec is array of estimated frequencies for elements in the
777 elem_selec = (float *) palloc(sizeof(float) * nitems);
779 /* Scan mcelem and array in parallel. */
781 for (i = 0; i < nitems; i++)
785 /* Ignore any duplicates in the array data. */
787 element_compare(&array_data[i - 1], &array_data[i], cmpfunc) == 0)
791 * Iterate over MCELEM until we find an entry greater than or equal to
792 * this element of the constant. Update "rest" and "mult" for mcelem
793 * entries skipped over.
795 while (mcelem_index < nmcelem)
797 int cmp = element_compare(&mcelem[mcelem_index],
803 mult *= (1.0f - numbers[mcelem_index]);
804 rest -= numbers[mcelem_index];
810 match = true; /* mcelem is found */
817 /* MCELEM matches the array item. */
818 elem_selec[unique_nitems] = numbers[mcelem_index];
819 /* "rest" is decremented for all mcelems, matched or not */
820 rest -= numbers[mcelem_index];
826 * The element is not in MCELEM. Punt, but assume that the
827 * selectivity cannot be more than minfreq / 2.
829 elem_selec[unique_nitems] = Min(DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL,
837 * If we handled all constant elements without exhausting the MCELEM
838 * array, finish walking it to complete calculation of "rest" and "mult".
840 while (mcelem_index < nmcelem)
842 mult *= (1.0f - numbers[mcelem_index]);
843 rest -= numbers[mcelem_index];
848 * The presence of many distinct rare elements materially decreases
849 * selectivity. Use the Poisson distribution to estimate the probability
850 * of a column value having zero occurrences of such elements. See above
851 * for the definition of "rest".
856 * Using the distinct element count histogram requires
857 * O(unique_nitems * (nmcelem + unique_nitems))
858 * operations. Beyond a certain computational cost threshold, it's
859 * reasonable to sacrifice accuracy for decreased planning time. We limit
860 * the number of operations to EFFORT * nmcelem; since nmcelem is limited
861 * by the column's statistics target, the work done is user-controllable.
863 * If the number of operations would be too large, we can reduce it
864 * without losing all accuracy by reducing unique_nitems and considering
865 * only the most-common elements of the constant array. To make the
866 * results exactly match what we would have gotten with only those
867 * elements to start with, we'd have to remove any discarded elements'
868 * frequencies from "mult", but since this is only an approximation
869 * anyway, we don't bother with that. Therefore it's sufficient to qsort
870 * elem_selec[] and take the largest elements. (They will no longer match
871 * up with the elements of array_data[], but we don't care.)
876 if ((nmcelem + unique_nitems) > 0 &&
877 unique_nitems > EFFORT * nmcelem / (nmcelem + unique_nitems))
880 * Use the quadratic formula to solve for largest allowable N. We
881 * have A = 1, B = nmcelem, C = - EFFORT * nmcelem.
883 double b = (double) nmcelem;
886 n = (int) ((sqrt(b * b + 4 * EFFORT * b) - b) / 2);
888 /* Sort, then take just the first n elements */
889 qsort(elem_selec, unique_nitems, sizeof(float),
895 * Calculate probabilities of each distinct element count for both mcelems
896 * and constant elements. At this point, assume independent element
899 dist = calc_distr(elem_selec, unique_nitems, unique_nitems, 0.0f);
900 mcelem_dist = calc_distr(numbers, nmcelem, unique_nitems, rest);
902 /* ignore hist[nhist-1], which is the average not a histogram member */
903 hist_part = calc_hist(hist, nhist - 1, unique_nitems);
906 for (i = 0; i <= unique_nitems; i++)
909 * mult * dist[i] / mcelem_dist[i] gives us probability of qual
910 * matching from assumption of independent element occurrence with the
911 * condition that distinct element count = i.
913 if (mcelem_dist[i] > 0)
914 selec += hist_part[i] * mult * dist[i] / mcelem_dist[i];
922 /* Take into account occurrence of NULL element. */
923 selec *= (1.0f - nullelem_freq);
925 CLAMP_PROBABILITY(selec);
931 * Calculate the first n distinct element count probabilities from a
932 * histogram of distinct element counts.
934 * Returns a palloc'd array of n+1 entries, with array[k] being the
935 * probability of element count k, k in [0..n].
937 * We assume that a histogram box with bounds a and b gives 1 / ((b - a + 1) *
938 * (nhist - 1)) probability to each value in (a,b) and an additional half of
939 * that to a and b themselves.
942 calc_hist(const float4 *hist, int nhist, int n)
947 float prev_interval = 0,
951 hist_part = (float *) palloc((n + 1) * sizeof(float));
954 * frac is a probability contribution for each interval between histogram
955 * values. We have nhist - 1 intervals, so contribution of each one will
956 * be 1 / (nhist - 1).
958 frac = 1.0f / ((float) (nhist - 1));
960 for (k = 0; k <= n; k++)
965 * Count the histogram boundaries equal to k. (Although the histogram
966 * should theoretically contain only exact integers, entries are
967 * floats so there could be roundoff error in large values. Treat any
968 * fractional value as equal to the next larger k.)
970 while (i < nhist && hist[i] <= k)
978 /* k is an exact bound for at least one histogram box. */
981 /* Find length between current histogram value and the next one */
983 next_interval = hist[i] - hist[i - 1];
988 * count - 1 histogram boxes contain k exclusively. They
989 * contribute a total of (count - 1) * frac probability. Also
990 * factor in the partial histogram boxes on either side.
992 val = (float) (count - 1);
993 if (next_interval > 0)
994 val += 0.5f / next_interval;
995 if (prev_interval > 0)
996 val += 0.5f / prev_interval;
997 hist_part[k] = frac * val;
999 prev_interval = next_interval;
1003 /* k does not appear as an exact histogram bound. */
1004 if (prev_interval > 0)
1005 hist_part[k] = frac / prev_interval;
1007 hist_part[k] = 0.0f;
1015 * Consider n independent events with probabilities p[]. This function
1016 * calculates probabilities of exact k of events occurrence for k in [0..m].
1017 * Returns a palloc'd array of size m+1.
1019 * "rest" is the sum of the probabilities of all low-probability events not
1022 * Imagine matrix M of size (n + 1) x (m + 1). Element M[i,j] denotes the
1023 * probability that exactly j of first i events occur. Obviously M[0,0] = 1.
1024 * For any constant j, each increment of i increases the probability iff the
1025 * event occurs. So, by the law of total probability:
1026 * M[i,j] = M[i - 1, j] * (1 - p[i]) + M[i - 1, j - 1] * p[i]
1028 * M[i,0] = M[i - 1, 0] * (1 - p[i]) for i > 0.
1031 calc_distr(const float *p, int n, int m, float rest)
1040 * Since we return only the last row of the matrix and need only the
1041 * current and previous row for calculations, allocate two rows.
1043 row = (float *) palloc((m + 1) * sizeof(float));
1044 prev_row = (float *) palloc((m + 1) * sizeof(float));
1048 for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
1057 /* Calculate next row */
1058 for (j = 0; j <= i && j <= m; j++)
1063 val += prev_row[j] * (1.0f - t);
1065 val += prev_row[j - 1] * t;
1071 * The presence of many distinct rare (not in "p") elements materially
1072 * decreases selectivity. Model their collective occurrence with the
1073 * Poisson distribution.
1075 if (rest > DEFAULT_CONTAIN_SEL)
1084 for (i = 0; i <= m; i++)
1087 /* Value of Poisson distribution for 0 occurrences */
1091 * Calculate convolution of previously computed distribution and the
1092 * Poisson distribution.
1094 for (i = 0; i <= m; i++)
1096 for (j = 0; j <= m - i; j++)
1097 row[j + i] += prev_row[j] * t;
1099 /* Get Poisson distribution value for (i + 1) occurrences */
1100 t *= rest / (float) (i + 1);
1108 /* Fast function for floor value of 2 based logarithm calculation. */
1110 floor_log2(uint32 n)
1144 * find_next_mcelem binary-searches a most common elements array, starting
1145 * from *index, for the first member >= value. It saves the position of the
1146 * match into *index and returns true if it's an exact match. (Note: we
1147 * assume the mcelem elements are distinct so there can't be more than one
1151 find_next_mcelem(Datum *mcelem, int nmcelem, Datum value, int *index,
1162 res = element_compare(&mcelem[i], &value, cmpfunc);
1178 * Comparison function for elements.
1180 * We use the element type's default btree opclass, and the default collation
1181 * if the type is collation-sensitive.
1183 * XXX consider using SortSupport infrastructure
1186 element_compare(const void *key1, const void *key2, void *arg)
1188 Datum d1 = *((const Datum *) key1);
1189 Datum d2 = *((const Datum *) key2);
1190 FmgrInfo *cmpfunc = (FmgrInfo *) arg;
1193 c = FunctionCall2Coll(cmpfunc, DEFAULT_COLLATION_OID, d1, d2);
1194 return DatumGetInt32(c);
1198 * Comparison function for sorting floats into descending order.
1201 float_compare_desc(const void *key1, const void *key2)
1203 float d1 = *((const float *) key1);
1204 float d2 = *((const float *) key2);