smiley2211 wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am a bit confused...I have a database which was performing very POORLY
> selecting from a view (posted earlier) on one server but extremely fast on
> another server...
>
> I just backed up the database from the FAST server and loaded to the SLOW
> server and it ran just as fast as it originally did...my questions are:
>
> Are STATISTICS some how saved with the database?? if so, how do I UPDATE
> view or update them?
>
> Should I backup the data \ drop the database and reload it to make it get
> new stats?? (vacuum analyze does nothing for this poor performing database)
>
> Thanks-a-bunch.
>
You can update statistics with the analyze or vacuum analyze command,
but I'd bet what you are seeing here is the effect of recreating the
indices that replaying a backup does.