Re: Invalid explain output for multi-plan statements

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> wrote:
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> The new explain formats break if you have a multi-query statement.
> I don't have time to fix at the moment, but I'll try and explain
> the problem. For YAML, the forced leading space in all output
> means that the first "- Plan:" has two spaces, and all other ones
> have a single space. This leads to an inconsistent indentation
> error when parsing. For JSON, I'm not sure where the exact problem
> lies, but it also will not parse as it produces something like this:
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> [
>  {
>   ...plan 1
>  },,
>  {
>   ...plan2
>  }
> ]
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> The XML output looks valid, but I've not tried to parse it.
>
> To duplicate:
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> CREATE TABLE abc(a int);
> INSERT INTO abc VALUES (1);
> CREATE TABLE def(a int);
> CREATE RULE foo AS ON UPDATE TO abc DO ALSO SELECT 1 FROM def;
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> EXPLAIN (format YAML) UPDATE abc SET a=a;
> EXPLAIN (format JSON) UPDATE abc SET a=a;
> EXPLAIN (format XML) UPDATE abc SET a=a;

I will fix this, unless someone else beats me to it.

...Robert