"Robert James" <srobertjames@gmail.com> writes:
> I see in all the docs to run VACUUM ANALYZE periodically. My host told me
> that in Postgres 8.2 this is not needed as it is done automatically.
8.2 has an autovacuum feature but it is *not* turned on by default ...
has your host enabled it?
> Is that true? How can I see the results of the automatic vacuum analyze? Or
> configure them?
See the autovacuum info in the documentation.
regards, tom lane