> 2) Are you sure that ANALYZE is needed? Vacuum is required > whenever lots of > rows are updated, but analyze is needed only when the *distribution* of > values changes significantly.
You are right. I have a related qn in this thread about random vs. monotonic values in indexed fields. > 3) using PG 7.3 or less, you will also need to REINDEX these > tables+indexes > often (daily?). This issue will go away in 7.4, which should > make you an > early adopter of 7.4. I understand this needs an exclusive lock on the whole table, which is simply not possible more than once a month, if that... Workarounds/hack suggestions are more than welcome :-) Ta M ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
