Re: Explain XML patch v2

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Raney <raneyt(at)cecs(dot)pdx(dot)edu>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Explain XML patch v2
Date: 2008-07-02 16:01:18
Message-ID: 20080702160118.GD30328@fetter.org
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On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 05:57:29PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> It would also be interesting if EXPLAIN could optionally be a
> function that returns a datum of type XML, to allow further
> processing.

It would be better to have a function which allows people to plug in
their own serialization. A JSON or YAML one, for example, would be
much lighter weight on both ends.

Cheers,
David.
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