Re: Estimates not taking null_frac element into account with @@ operator? (8.4 .. git-head)

Jesper Krogh <jesper@krogh.cc> writes:
> When something evaluates to "null" isn't included in the result, 
> shouldn't the query-planner
> then take the null_frac into account when computing the estimate?

The proposed patch seems wrong to me: if we're estimating on the basis
of most-common-value fractions, the null_frac is already accounted for,
because it's not part of the MCV selectivity fractions.  IOW, aren't you
double-counting the null fraction?

			regards, tom lane