* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c,v 1.96 2002/12/14 00:17:55 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c,v 1.97 2002/12/26 23:38:42 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
if (avgfreq > 0.0 && mcvfreq > avgfreq)
estfract *= mcvfreq / avgfreq;
+ /*
+ * Clamp bucketsize to sane range (the above adjustment could easily
+ * produce an out-of-range result). We set the lower bound a little
+ * above zero, since zero isn't a very sane result.
+ */
+ if (estfract < 1.0e-6)
+ estfract = 1.0e-6;
+ else if (estfract > 1.0)
+ estfract = 1.0;
+
ReleaseSysCache(tuple);
return (Selectivity) estfract;