Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> There once was a rumour of a EXPLAIN EXECUTE command.
> This minor patch removes all trace of that, but without disturbing other
> valid occurrences of the EXECUTE command, which still lives on.
It's not as dead as you seem to think.
regression=# prepare foo as select * from tenk1;
PREPARE
regression=# explain execute foo;
QUERY PLAN
-------------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on tenk1 (cost=0.00..458.00 rows=10000 width=244)
(1 row)
regression=#
regards, tom lane