Re: Is ANALYZE transactional?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Craig James <craig_james(at)emolecules(dot)com>
Cc: PGSQL Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Is ANALYZE transactional?
Date: 2007-11-06 05:30:34
Message-ID: 8739.1194327034@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Craig James <craig_james(at)emolecules(dot)com> writes:
> If I do:
> begin;
> update some_table set foo = newvalue where a_bunch_of_rows_are_changed;
> analyze some_table;
> rollback;

> does it roll back the statistics? (I think the answer is yes, but I need to be sure.)

Yes --- ANALYZE doesn't do anything magic, just a plain UPDATE of those
rows. (You could have easily tested this for yourself...)

regards, tom lane

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