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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:46:43 -0800
From: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2@obviously.com>
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Subject: pg_restore followed by immediate VACUUM ANALYZE
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I looking at a script that does a pg_restore followed by an immediate 
VACUUM ANALYZE (postgres 8.3).

I'm told that without the VACUUM ANALYZE the database will run slow.  
Does this ring true?
Does pg_restore not update the query planner statistics?