> Mark Woodward wrote: >> My question was based on an observation that ANALYZE and VACUUM are >> nessisary, both for different reasons. The system or tools must be >> able to detect substantial changes in the database and at least run >> analyze if failing to do so would cause PostgreSQL to fail badly. > > Yes, that is what autovacuum does. It detects changes in the database > and runs analyze if failing to do so would cause PostgreSQL to behave > badly. I don't know why it's not turned on by default. You could > argue about that. But I don't know what else you are looking for.
If that is the answer, then I agree with you, it should be on by default. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org