select * from tbl TABLESAMPLE system (5)
The SYSTEM method is significantly faster than the BERNOULLI method when small sampling percentages are specified, but it may return a less-random sample of the table as a result of clustering effects.
WHERE some_col > ''
Since null > '' produces unknown, this has the effect of filtering out both null and empty strings.
@JoshPinter: coalesce(some_col, '') = ''
CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(integer) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(int4out($1));';
CREATE CAST (integer AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(integer) AS IMPLICIT;