Re: [PATCH] Add EXPLAIN (ALL) shorthand

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Christensen <david(at)endpoint(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add EXPLAIN (ALL) shorthand
Date: 2016-05-19 19:59:40
Message-ID: 49619.1463687980@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Christensen <david(at)endpoint(dot)com> writes:
> This simple patch adds ALL as an EXPLAIN option as shorthand for EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, VERBOSE, COSTS, TIMING, BUFFERS) for usability.

I'm not sure this is well thought out. It would mean for example that
we could never implement EXPLAIN options that are mutually exclusive
... at least, not without having to redefine ALL as all-except-something.
Non-boolean options would be problematic as well.

regards, tom lane

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