Document that analyzing an empty table doesn't update the statistics.

robertmhaas · robertmhaas · commit db6de5b71ef2 · 2012-01-27T12:14:23.000-05:00
Per a suggestion from Sergey Konoplev
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ ANALYZE [ VERBOSE ] [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ ( <re
     or updated, the inheritance statistics will not be up to date unless you
     run <command>ANALYZE</command> manually.
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+    If the table being analyzed is completely empty, <command>ANALYZE</command>
+    will not record new statistics for that table.  Any existing statistics
+    will be retained.
+  </para>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
