Re: postgresql.conf runtime statistics default

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Yann Michel <yann-postgresql(at)spline(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgresql.conf runtime statistics default
Date: 2005-06-09 13:11:22
Message-ID: 42A83FFA.3030209@archonet.com
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Yann Michel wrote:
>
> To my question: I found the parameter "stats_reset_on_server_start"
> which is set to true by default. Why did you choose this (and not false)
> and what are the impacts of changeing it to false? I mean, as long as I
> understood it, each query or statements generates some statistic data
> which is used by the optimizer (or anything equal) later on. So in my
> oppinion, wouldn't it be better so set this parameter to false and to
> enable a kind of a "startup reset_stats" option?

This is administrator statistics (e.g. number of disk blocks read from
this index) not planner statistics. You're right - it would be foolish
to throw away planner stats.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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