Re: Running analysis as part of a stored proc

On 28/07/2012 21:00, Tom Lane wrote:
> Ioannis Anagnostopoulos <ioannis@anatec.com> writes:
>> Is it advisable to include a VACUUM ANALYZE <table name> within a stored
>> procedure that runs as part of a batch every night?
> If you're envisioning this as cleanup after the day's activities,
> autovacuum will almost certainly make that unnecessary.
>
> The typical cases where you need a manual vacuum or analyze in a stored
> proc are where you need the cleanup or new stats immediately and can't
> wait for autovacuum to get around to it.  So if this is a step in a
> process where you just modified the table heavily and you need the
> cleanup done before you get to the next step, then yes it'd make sense.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
Hi Tom and thank you. The second scenario is exactly what I had in my
mind. As the tables have
constant inserts, it might be a good idea to run the analyse just before
executing the night batch.

Kind Regards
Yiannis