Dustin Sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net> writes:
> I'm quite sure ``vacuum analyze'' does both.
Correct.
> Is there a reason there's no ``analyze?''
Historical, mostly. No essential reason I can think of. In current
sources the "analyze" part is run as a separate read-only transaction
after the data-compaction "vacuum" part, so they're at arm's length
already. But no one's got round to building a separate statement.
regards, tom lane