On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> It would be hard to reject at the grammar level, and not very friendly
> either because you'd only get "syntax error". We could certainly make
> the runtime code throw an error if you gave a column list without saying
> ANALYZE. But on the other hand, why bother? I do not remember ever
> seeing a question that boiled down to somebody being confused by this.
The docs also say that adding a column list implies an ANALYZE even if
other keywords are added, and that's the case. Sorry for the noise.
--
Michael