Re: Comment about not being able to run ANALYZE on replicas - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Comment about not being able to run ANALYZE on replicas
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Msg-id 4047078.1635179428@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Comment about not being able to run ANALYZE on replicas  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/sql-analyze.html does not have anything
> about not being able to run ANALYZE on replicas. 
> I now understand that this is because statistics are stored in a table, and
> that table is replicated from primary server to the replica, but it would be
> helpful to have something about this in the official documentation.

I'm a little skeptical about that.  By that argument, nearly every one
of our SQL command pages would need a disclaimer saying that you can't
use it on a replica.

            regards, tom lane



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