Re: Does VACUUM FULL need ANALYZE ?

Thanks Venkata.

On 22/06/15 01:30, Venkata Balaji N wrote:
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> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 6:02 AM, Eoin O'Hehir
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> Eoin O'Hehir <eoin(dot)ohehir(at)clavisinsight(dot)com
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> 8:59 PM (0 minutes ago)
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> Hi,
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> I'd be grateful for some insight into the VACUUM functionality in
> 9.3. I read through the documentation and searched around a bit
> but could not find a definitive answer to this.
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> I'm setting up a weekly DB maintenance job for a 9.3 server.
>
> Part of this will be a VACUUM FULL.
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> Is there any point in adding the ANALYZE option to the command ?
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> According to the 9.3 documentation, "/VACUUM FULL rewrites the
> entire contents of the table into a new disk file with no extra
> space, allowing unused space to be returned to the operating
> system./". If the table is completely recreated then do I need to
> specifically ask for ANALYZE to happen or are the statistics
> updated automatically as the rows are written to the new version
> of the table ?
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> VACUUM FULL will only remove the bloats and releases the bloated space
> to the disk. ANALYZE updates the statistics which will make
> significant difference in the query's cost calculation.
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> Regards,
> Venkata B N
>
> Fujitsu Australia