Re: Should the docs have a warning about pg_stat_reset()?

From: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Should the docs have a warning about pg_stat_reset()?
Date: 2019-04-13 09:51:05
Message-ID: 0c4a9d2f-e607-1303-7f41-cbbaad0e7e33@2ndquadrant.com
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On 27/03/2019 22:28, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 2019-03-26 16:28, Euler Taveira wrote:
>> I don't remember why we didn't consider table without stats to be
>> ANALYZEd. Isn't it the case to fix autovacuum? Analyze
>> autovacuum_count + vacuum_count = 0?
>
> When the autovacuum system was introduced, we didn't have those columns.
> But now it seems to make sense that a table with autoanalyze_count +
> analyze_count = 0 should be a candidate for autovacuum even if the write
> statistics are zero. Obviously, this would have the effect that a
> pg_stat_reset() causes an immediate autovacuum for all tables, so maybe
> it's not quite that simple.

Not just pg_stat_reset() but also on promotion.
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