On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 6:53 PM David Rowley <dgrowle...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 at 06:41, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I like trying to use ONLY somehow. > > Do you mean as an ANALYZE command option, i.e. ANALYZE (only) table; > or as a table modifier like gram.y's extended_relation_expr?
The table modifier idea seems nice to me. > If we did it as a per-table option, then we'd need to consider what > should happen if someone did: "VACUUM ONLY parttab;". Probably > silently doing nothing wouldn't be good. Maybe a warning, akin to > what's done in: > > postgres=# analyze (skip_locked) a; > WARNING: skipping analyze of "a" --- lock not available Perhaps. I'm not sure about this part. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com