Mention statistics objects in maintenance.sgml

The docs mentioned expression indexes as a way to improve selectivity
estimates for functions, but we have a second option to improve that by
creating extended statistics. So mention that too.

Reported-by: Justin Pryzby
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210505210947.GA27406%40telsasoft.com
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Tomas Vondra 2021-05-07 14:02:22 +02:00
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<para>
Also, by default there is limited information available about
the selectivity of functions. However, if you create an expression
the selectivity of functions. However, if you create a statistics
object or an expression
index that uses a function call, useful statistics will be
gathered about the function, which can greatly improve query
plans that use the expression index.