Re: VACUUM ANALYZE is faster than ANALYZE?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: VACUUM ANALYZE is faster than ANALYZE?
Date: 2012-02-22 12:59:39
Message-ID: CA+Tgmob=6Ve2=LoirsToHRdfD5AAJOW4_ZRFp-qG0LR_AGMRtg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I had to reply to query about usage VACUUM ANALYZE or ANALYZE. I
> expected so ANALYZE should be faster then VACUUM ANALYZE.
>
> But is not true. Why?

I'm pretty sure that VACUUM ANALYZE *will* be faster than ANALYZE in
general, because VACUUM has to scan the whole table, and ANALYZE only
a fixed-size subset of its pages. Not sure what's happening in your
particular case...

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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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