Re: analyze after a database restore?

Tom Lane wrote:

>mlw <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> writes:
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>>Should pg_dump appened an ANALYZE for each table?
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>A single ANALYZE at the end of the script would be sufficient. I'm not
>sure that pg_dump should do this automatically though. If you're not
>done restoring then it's mostly a waste of cycles, and how is pg_dump to
>know that?
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>I do note that the docs are rather stingy with this important bit of
>knowhow :-( Neither of the obvious places that I looked in (pg_dump
>reference page and admin guide's backup/restore chapter) mention the
>need to issue an ANALYZE after completing a restore. I'm pretty sure it
>is mentioned *somewhere* ;-) ... but it needs to be more prominent.
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While these are all comforting points, I *know* about analyze and I
occasionally forget. It just seems like a nessisary step after restoring
a backup. Conceptually, one could consider it just as important as an
index, i.e. the system will perform poorly without it.

From an "ease of use" perspective, it would be one less step.