Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On 02/29/2016 05:31 AM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> >Realistically, ANALYZE is a background/maintenance task that autovacuum
> >should be handling for you.
>
> Incorrect. That would be autoanalyze and although they are similar they are
> not the same. ANALYZE is used for a number of things, not the least is query
> profiling.
I think you are confusing ANALYZE with EXPLAIN ANALYZE.
I am not aware of any way in which ANALYZE is different from what you
call "autoanalyze" (which is really just an autovacuum-invoked ANALYZE
and for which we don't have any specific term).
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