Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Tomas Vondra > <tomas.von...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >>>> ISTM that we could use COLLECT STATISTICS instead of ADD STATISTICS, and >>>> use REMOVE STATISTICS instead of DROP STATISTICS. That way we can use >>>> ALTER TABLE rather than inventing a new command. 5 minute change...
>> That seems like a neat idea, actually. I'm not sure COLLECT is a good choice >> as it suggest the statistics is actually built, but that only happens during >> ANALYZE. But otherwise this seems to solve the issues with keywords and it's >> quite simple. > But ADD is no better there. I think ALTER TABLE .. COLLECT STATISTICS > isn't any worse than ALTER TABLE ... CLUSTER ON index_name. In both > cases, it means, when you do this operation, do it this way. > I would suggest that instead of DROP or REMOVE, the opposite should be > ALTER TABLE .. NO COLLECT STATISTICS. Why is this an improvement over using already-existing keywords? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers