When to ANALYZE w/ auto-vacuum - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)
Subject When to ANALYZE w/ auto-vacuum
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Msg-id 47AE7EC8.9040403@ultimeth.com
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Responses Re: When to ANALYZE w/ auto-vacuum  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Now, that I have 8.3.0 installed & running auto-vacuum, I have gotten
rid of all my scripted VACUUMs, and I would like to get rid of all the
scripted ANALYZEs as well.  The 8.3 docs say:

    "In the default PostgreSQL configuration, /The Auto-Vacuum Daemon/
    <https://web.ultimeth.com/doc/private/postgreSQL/routine-vacuuming.html#AUTOVACUUM>
    takes care of automatic analyzing of tables when they are first
    loaded with data, and as they change throughout regular operation."


However:

1. There is one nightly process I run where I create a fairly large TEMP
table (well over 1 million rows), and then I immediately use it in a
subsequent SELECT.  Would a scripted ANALYZE be really needed here, or
does the auto-vacuum track the large TEMP table as I create it (via a
single SELECT).

2. For that manner, do TEMP tables get higher priority in auto-vacuum
runs?  That would seem to be a good idea.

-- Dean

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