On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 05:53:27PM +0100, Laurenz Albe wrote: > On Tue, 2026-03-24 at 11:04 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 05:36:42AM -0700, Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 23:59 Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > How about adding a simple remark, like > > I was under the same impression --- that it only worked with upgrades > > _from_ PG 18 and later. However, I can't find any documentation on this > > limitation, so why did so many think this was true? I don't think > > adding anything to the docs is the right approach. > > Bruce, you are confusing me. Your first sentence suggests that you > (erroneously) thought that upgrading statistics only works when upgrading
Right. > *from* v18 or better. But your last sentence suggests that you'd rather > not add anything to the documentation that could dispel that misconception. So, we don't normally document cases where a limitation does not exist. I think the logical place to document this is in the PG 18 release notes. I am still confused why people, like myself, got this wrong. What is the source of the confusion? Just unclear release notes? -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
