On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 2:27 PM Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2024-11-26 at 17:11 -0500, Corey Huinker wrote:
> >
> > > * Why does binary upgrade cause statistics to be dumped? Can you
> > > just
> > > make pg_upgrade specify the appropriate set of flags?
> > >
> >
> >
> > That decision goes back a ways, I tried to dig in the archives last
> > night but I was getting a Server Error on postgresql.org.
>
> I suggest that pg_upgrade be changed to pass --no-data to pg_dump,
> rather than --schema-only.
>
> That way, you don't need to create a special case for the pg_dump
> default that depends on whether it's a binary upgrade or not.
>

+1


> If wanted, there could also be a new option to pg_upgrade to specify --
> with-statistics (default, passes --no-data to pg_dump) or --no-
> statistics (passes --schema-only to pg_dump). But that option is
> probably not necessary; everyone upgrading probably wants the stats.
>

This makes sense, though perhaps instead of --schema-only perhaps we should
pass both --no-statistics and --no-data. I don't envision a fourth option
to the new data/schema/stats triumvirate, but --no-statistics shouldn't
have a bearing on that future fourth option.

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