Re: Demoting the "width" part of EXPLAIN

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Demoting the "width" part of EXPLAIN
Date: 2006-05-07 17:05:53
Message-ID: 5129.1147021553@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> writes:
> Seeing as how width is so unused relative to the other items in the
> explain output,

Huh? It's a critical part of the cost calculations for some things
(eg, sort and hash operations).

regards, tom lane

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