"Strange, John W" <[email protected]> writes:
> I have a question on how the analyzer works in this type of scenario.
> We calculate some results and COPY INTO some partitioned tables, which we use
> some selects to aggregate the data back out into reports. Everyone once in a
> while the aggregation step picks a bad plan due to stats on the tables that
> were just populated. Updating the stats and rerunning the query seems to
> solve the problem, this only happens if we enable nested loop query plans.
Well, even if auto-analyze launches instantly after you commit the
insertions (which it won't), it's going to take time to scan the table
and then commit the updates to pg_statistic. So there is always going
to be some window where queries will get planned with obsolete
information. If you're inserting enough data to materially change the
statistics of a table, and you need to query that table right away,
doing a manual ANALYZE rather than waiting for auto-analyze is
recommended.
> The other option is just to analyze each table involved in the query after
> the insert, but that seems a bit counterproductive.
Why would you think that? This type of scenario is exactly why ANALYZE
isn't deprecated as a user command.
regards, tom lane
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