stderror()

Estimate the relative standard error of a hyperloglog

Since 1.3.0

Estimate the relative standard error of a Hyperloglog. For approximate relative errors by number of buckets, see the relative errors section.

Samples

Estimate the relative standard error of a hyperloglog named hyperloglog. The expected output is 0.011490485194281396.

SELECT stderror(hyperloglog(8192, data))
  FROM generate_series(1, 100000) data

Output:

stderror
----------------------
0.011490485194281396

Arguments

The syntax is:

stderror(
    hyperloglog Hyperloglog
) RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION

Name	Type	Default	Required	Description
hyperloglog	Hyperloglog	-	✔	The hyperloglog to estimate the error of.

Returns

Column	Type	Description
stderror	DOUBLE PRECISION	The approximate relative standard error of the hyperloglog.