Re: [tiny doc fix] statistics are not retained across immediate shutdown - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2013-09-04 10:53:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa.takay@jp.fujitsu.com> writes:
> > I propose a tiny fix to clarify this.  Please find the attached patch.
> 
> That's not an accurate description of what happens, though.
> AFAIR, we do not throw away pg_stats files as a result of recovery.

StartupXLOG() does a pgstat_reset_all() in the if (InRecovery) branch.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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