David G. Johnston wrote: >>>> In a production environment you don't want a user to change your table >>>> statistics. >>>> >>>> They could just set default_statistics_target to something stupid, >>>> run ANALYZE and wreck the statistics for everyone. >>>> And then come back to the DBA and complain that things don't work.
>>> Setting default_statistics_target and running ANALYZE are two entirely different things.
>> Setting default_statistics_target affects the statistics computed by ANALYZE, >> so I cannot follow you here.
> Just because I can run ANALYZE doesn't mean I should be able to update the statistic targets. While > the features are related the permissions are not.
"The amount of information stored in pg_statistic by ANALYZE, in particular the maximum number of entries in the most_common_vals and histogram_bounds arrays for each column, can be set on a column-by-column basis using the ALTER TABLE SET STATISTICS command, or globally by setting the default_statistics_target configuration variable."
Being able to run ANALYZE on a table in no way implies that I should be allowed to run ALTER TABLE SET STATISTICS on the same.
Only table owners should be allowed to execute ALTER TABLE while, in my opinion, anyone with write capabilities on a table should be allowed to execute ANALYZE. I would accept a GRANT permission if that could get committed but I find the status-quo mildly annoying.
