Re: Plan targetlists in EXPLAIN output

From: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Plan targetlists in EXPLAIN output
Date: 2008-04-17 23:23:19
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.64.0804171919550.9789@westnet.com
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Tom Lane wrote:

> For debugging the planner work I'm about to do, I'm expecting it will be
> useful to be able to get EXPLAIN to print the targetlist of each plan
> node, not just the quals (conditions) as it's historically done.

I've heard that some of the academic users of PostgreSQL were hoping to
add features in this area in order to allow better using planner internals
for educational purposes. It would be nice if that were available for
such purposes without having to recompile.

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* Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD

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