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<h1 align="center">SQL As Understood By SQLite</h1><p><a href="lang.html">[Top]</a></p><h2>ANALYZE</h2><h4><a href="syntaxdiagrams.html#analyze-stmt">analyze-stmt:</a></h4><blockquote> <img alt="syntax diagram analyze-stmt" src="images/syntax/analyze-stmt.gif"></img> </blockquote>


<p> The ANALYZE command gathers statistics about tables and
indices and stores the collected information
in <a href="fileformat2.html#intschema">internal tables</a> of the database where the query optimizer can
access the information and use it to help make better query planning choices.
If no arguments are given, all attached databases are
analyzed.  If a database name is given as the argument, then all tables
and indices in that one database are analyzed.  
If the argument is a table name, then only that table and the
indices associated with that table are analyzed.  If the argument
is an index name, then only that one index is analyzed.</p>

<p> The default implementation stores all statistics in a single
table named "<a href="fileformat2.html#stat1tab">sqlite_stat1</a>".  If SQLite is compiled with the
<a href="compile.html#enable_stat3">SQLITE_ENABLE_STAT3</a> option, then additional histogram data is
collected and stored in <a href="fileformat2.html#stat3tab">sqlite_stat3</a>.
Older versions of SQLite would make use of the <a href="fileformat2.html#stat2tab">sqlite_stat2</a> table
when compiled with <a href="compile.html#enable_stat2">SQLITE_ENABLE_STAT2</a> but all recent versions of
SQLite ignore the sqlite_stat2 table.
Future enhancements may create
additional <a href="fileformat2.html#intschema">internal tables</a> with the same name pattern except with
final digit larger than "3".</p>

<p> The <a href="lang_altertable.html">ALTER TABLE</a> command does
not work on the sqlite_stat1 or sqlite_stat3 tables,
but all the content of those tables can be queried using <a href="lang_select.html">SELECT</a>
and can be deleted, augmented, or modified using the <a href="lang_delete.html">DELETE</a>,
<a href="lang_insert.html">INSERT</a>, and <a href="lang_update.html">UPDATE</a> commands.
The <a href="lang_droptable.html">DROP TABLE</a> command works on sqlite_stat1 and
sqlite_stat3 as of SQLite version 3.7.9.
Appropriate care should be used when changing the content of the statistics
tables as invalid content can cause SQLite to select inefficient
query plans.  Generally speaking, one should not modify the content of
the statistics tables by any mechanism other than invoking the
ANALYZE command.</p>

<p> Statistics gathered by ANALYZE are <u>not</u> automatically updated as
the content of the database changes.  If the content of the database
changes significantly, or if the database schema changes, then one should
consider rerunning the ANALYZE command in order to update the statistics.</p>

<p> The query planner might not notice manual changes to the
sqlite_stat1 and/or sqlite_stat3 tables.  An application
can force the query planner to reread the statistics tables by running
<b>ANALYZE sqlite_master</b>. </p>