Make name optional in CREATE STATISTICS

Simon Riggs <simon.riggs@enterprisedb.com>

From: Simon Riggs <simon.riggs@enterprisedb.com>

To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2022-05-15T12:20:34Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Attachments

create_stats_opt_name.v3.patch (application/octet-stream) patch v3

Currently, CREATE STATS requires you to think of a name for each stats
object, which is fairly painful, so users would prefer an
automatically assigned name.

Attached patch allows this, which turns out to be very simple, since a
name assignment function already exists.

The generated name is simple, but that's exactly what users do anyway,
so it is not too bad.

Tests, docs included.

-- 
Simon Riggs                http://www.EnterpriseDB.com/

Commits

Fix a few issues with REINDEX grammar
- 0a5f06b84de7 16.0 landed
Rework grammar for REINDEX
- 83011ce7d7f4 16.0 landed
parser: centralize common auxiliary productions
- 7d158e8cb44b 16.0 landed
Make the name optional in CREATE STATISTICS.
- 624aa2a13bd0 16.0 landed