On Apr 12, 2016, at 2:38 AM, Simon Slavin <slavins at bigfraud.org> wrote:
> > On 12 Apr 2016, at 2:56am, Jose I. Cabrera <jicman at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Maybe this should be something to think about, and perhaps add it as part of >> the results or reported items of .schema. Also, only update the date if >> completion successful. The reason why it's important is that I have a >> script that runs every week, but lately, it appears as if it is failing, but >> the log files say it is running. However, the searches are getting slower >> and slower. > > You should not need to run ANALYZE very often. Perhaps once a year. The > only exceptions are when your database schema changes or if the entire nature > of the data in it changes. > Yeah? the last time VACUUM was run seems like a much more useful data point. Or the number of database edits made since the last run, which is likely a more useful metric. -j -- Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > "Intelligence is like underwear: it is important that you have it, but showing it to the wrong people has the tendency to make them feel uncomfortable." -- Angela Johnson
