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questions about CLUSTER



After reviewing http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/sql-cluster.html a 
couple of times, I have some questions:
1) it says to run analyze after doing a cluster. i'm assuming autovacuum will 
take care of this? or should i go ahead and do the analyze 'now' instead of 
waiting?
2) is there any internal data in the db that would allow me to 
programmatically determine which tables would benefit from being clustered?
3) for that matter, is there info to allow me to determine which index it 
should be clustered on in cases where the table has more than one index?
4) for tables with >1 indexes, does clustering on one index negatively impact 
queries that use the other indexes?
5) is it better to cluster on a compound index (index on lastnamefirstname) or 
on the underlying index (index on lastname)?

tia
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