On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 05:24:59AM -0700, Etsuro Fujita wrote: > > "Allow the retrieval of statistics from foreign data wrapper servers > > (Corey Huinker, Etsuro Fujita)" > > > > This is mentioned in the Additional Modules section, presumably > > because it was supported in postgres_fdw, but it isn't limited to > > postgres_fdw, so we should move it to the General Performance section? > > Well, the full text is: > > Allow the retrieval of statistics from foreign data wrapper servers > (Corey Huinker, Etsuro Fujita) § > > This is enabled for postgres_fdw by using the option restore_stats. > The > default is for ANALYZE to retrieve rows from the remote server to > locally generate statistics. > > It clearly mentions in the detail that it applies only to postgres_fdw, > so I think it is already in the right section. While it technically can > be done by any FDW, it is now only postgres_fdw so people looking for > postgres_fdw improvements will find it in the Additional Modules > section. What we can do is to reword it to: > > --> Allow the retrieval of statistics from postgres_fdw foreign data > wrapper servers > (Corey Huinker, Etsuro Fujita) § > > --> This is enabled by using the option restore_stats. The > default is for ANALYZE to retrieve rows from the remote server to > locally generate statistics. > > but I think this is worse because it sounds like it can _only_ ever be > done by postgres_fdw. However, if you prefer this I will make this > change. > > I avoided "General Performance" because frankly, it is only > postgres_fdw, and it not a "General" performance improvement, and we > have a section for postgres_fdw already.
Agreed. I think the current text is fine. Thank you for your detailed reply! Best regards, Etsuro Fujita
