2008/1/6, Magnus Hagander <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Clodoaldo wrote: > > I'm the owner of a database and when i issue an analyze command on it, > > the pg tables are skipped with the message that only the owner can > > analyze them: > > > > $ psql fahstats -U cpn > > Welcome to psql 8.3beta4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. > > > > Type: \copyright for distribution terms > > \h for help with SQL commands > > \? for help with psql commands > > \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query > > \q to quit > > > > fahstats=> analyze; > > WARNING: skipping "pg_authid" --- only table or database owner can analyze it > > WARNING: skipping "pg_database" --- only table or database owner can analyze it > > WARNING: skipping "pg_tablespace" --- only table or database owner > > can analyze it > > WARNING: skipping "pg_pltemplate" --- only table or database owner > > can analyze it > > WARNING: skipping "pg_shdepend" --- only table or database owner can analyze it > > WARNING: skipping "pg_shdescription" --- only table or database owner > > can analyze it > > WARNING: skipping "pg_auth_members" --- only table or database owner > > can analyze it > > ANALYZE > > fahstats=> \l > > List of databases > > Name | Owner | Encoding > > -----------+----------+----------- > > fahstats | cpn | SQL_ASCII > > postgres | postgres | SQL_ASCII > > template0 | postgres | SQL_ASCII > > template1 | postgres | SQL_ASCII > > (4 rows) > > > These are the global shared tables, that exist only once in the cluster > - not once per database. They can only be analyzed by "postgres" in this > case. > > (There's a whole bunch of other pg_ tables that are local to the > database, and those should be analyzed just fine in this case) > > Seems a bit unnecessary that we should even try and then emit a warning > for them though. The problem with that warning message is that it implies that the db owner can analyze them which can not be done according to your comment. The message, if emited, should say then that only superuser can analyze those tables. Regards, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
