Spanner PostgreSQL dialect supports the TABLESAMPLE operator

UpdateSep 2, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

PostgreSQL-dialect Spanner databases can use TABLESAMPLE to select a random sample of a dataset.

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