Re: Statistics Import and Export

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 06:33:48PM +0200, Matthias van de Meent wrote:
> I've heard of use cases where dumping stats without data would help
> with production database planner debugging on a non-prod system.
> 
> Sure, some planner inputs would have to be taken into account too, but
> having an exact copy of production stats is at least a start and can
> help build models and alerts for what'll happen when the tables grow
> larger with the current stats.
> 
> As for other planner inputs: table size is relatively easy to shim
> with sparse files; cumulative statistics can be copied from a donor
> replica if needed, and btree indexes only really really need to
> contain their highest and lowest values (and need their height set
> correctly).

Is it possible to prevent stats from being updated by autovacuum and
other methods?

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