[pgAdmin III] #132: Use one of the new format for the graphical EXPLAIN

#132: Use one of the new format for the graphical EXPLAIN
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Reporter: gleu | Owner: dpage
Type: feature | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: pgadmin | Version: trunk
Keywords: querytool | Platform: all
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Quote from Magnus:

> Right. What I'd envision us doing is a simple
> if (version < 9.0)
> run_old_explain_code();
> else
> run_new_explain_code();
>
> and only the codepath for run_new_explain_code() - which would use a
> machine format output - would have the implementation of any of these
> new parameters.
>
> It would be slightly more work to get started since the new parser
> needs to be done (hopefully there are classes that'll do 95% of that
> for us already though), but not having to maintain manual parsing of
> these new options should be a win in the long run.
>
> And eventually, some 5 years from now or so, we can retire the old
> explain code because we no longer support pre-9.0 versions :D
>

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