Re: vacuum analyze syntax in psql' help

>
> vac=> \h vacuum
> Command: vacuum
> Description: vacuum the database, i.e. cleans out deleted records, updates statistics
> Syntax:
> vacuum [verbose] [analyze]
> or
> vacuum [verbose] [analyze] table [analyze [(attr1, ... attrN)] ];
> ^^^^^^^
> Imho, new ANALYZE syntax with attributes is quite unclear to me:

Oops, forgot to remove that second analyze.

>
> vac=> vacuum x (y);
> PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel before responding.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request.
>
> How about the next:
>
> Syntax:
> vacuum [verbose] [analyze] [table]
> or
> vacuum [verbose] analyze table (attr1, ... attrN);
>
> Vadim
>

Much better.

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Bruce Momjian
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