Commit 41307427 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

doc: simplify docs about analyze and inheritance/partitions

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/YxAqYijOsLzgLQgy@momjian.us

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parent 3eef32c5
......@@ -250,12 +250,13 @@ ANALYZE [ VERBOSE ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">table_and_columns</replacea
</para>
<para>
If the table being analyzed has one or more children,
<command>ANALYZE</command> will gather statistics twice: once on the
rows of the parent table only, and a second time on the rows of the
parent table with all of its children. This second set of statistics
is needed when planning queries that traverse the entire inheritance
tree. The autovacuum daemon, however, will only consider inserts or
If the table being analyzed has inheritance children,
<command>ANALYZE</command> gathers two sets of statistics: one on the rows
of the parent table only, and a second including rows of both the parent
table and all of its children. This second set of statistics is needed when
planning queries that process the inheritance tree as a whole. The child
tables themselves are not individually analyzed in this case.
The autovacuum daemon, however, will only consider inserts or
updates on the parent table itself when deciding whether to trigger an
automatic analyze for that table. If that table is rarely inserted into
or updated, the inheritance statistics will not be up to date unless you
......@@ -271,15 +272,6 @@ ANALYZE [ VERBOSE ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">table_and_columns</replacea
partitioning it's guaranteed to be empty.
</para>
<para>
By contrast, if the table being analyzed has inheritance children,
<command>ANALYZE</command> gathers two sets of statistics: one on the rows
of the parent table only, and a second including rows of both the parent
table and all of its children. This second set of statistics is needed when
planning queries that process the inheritance tree as a whole. The child
tables themselves are not individually analyzed in this case.
</para>
<para>
The autovacuum daemon does not process partitioned tables, nor does it
process inheritance parents if only the children are ever modified.
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