Re: indexes are farked - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: indexes are farked
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Msg-id 42F7C101.9000002@samurai.com
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In response to Re: indexes are farked  (Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>)
Responses Re: indexes are farked  (Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>)
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> You might want to schedule analyzes to run every thirty minutes or every
> hour.

I doubt that is necessary or wise. Rerunning ANALYZE should only be
necessary when the distribution of your data changes significantly --
e.g. after a bulk load or deletion of a lot of content. IMHO In most
circumstances, running ANALYZE once a day is more than sufficient.

-Neil

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