Re: pgsql: Create hooks to let a loadable plugin monitor (or even replace)

I like the new interface... it supports all the current Index Advisor
requirements, and probably the future requirements too.

I'll submit a new patch taking the current support routines into
consideration.

But I did not understand the haste to commit the patch within almost half an
hour of proposing the second version of the patch!!!
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On 5/25/07, Tom Lane <tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Log Message:
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> Create hooks to let a loadable plugin monitor (or even replace) the
> planner
> and/or create plans for hypothetical situations; in particular,
> investigate
> plans that would be generated using hypothetical indexes. This is a
> heavily-rewritten version of the hooks proposed by Gurjeet Singh for his
> Index Advisor project. In this formulation, the index advisor can be
> entirely a loadable module instead of requiring a significant part to be
> in the core backend, and plans can be generated for hypothetical indexes
> without requiring the creation and rolling-back of system catalog entries.
>
> The index advisor patch as-submitted is not compatible with these hooks,
> but it needs significant work anyway due to other 8.2-to-8.3 planner
> changes. With these hooks in the core backend, development of the advisor
> can proceed as a pgfoundry project.
>
> Modified Files:
> --------------
> pgsql/src/backend/commands:
> explain.c (r1.163 -> r1.164)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/commands/explain.c.diff?r1=1.163&r2=1.164
> )
> prepare.c (r1.75 -> r1.76)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/commands/prepare.c.diff?r1=1.75&r2=1.76
> )
> pgsql/src/backend/executor:
> nodeBitmapIndexscan.c (r1.22 -> r1.23)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/executor/nodeBitmapIndexscan.c.diff?r1=1.22&r2=1.23
> )
> nodeIndexscan.c (r1.121 -> r1.122)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/executor/nodeIndexscan.c.diff?r1=1.121&r2=1.122
> )
> pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan:
> planner.c (r1.219 -> r1.220)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c.diff?r1=1.219&r2=1.220
> )
> pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util:
> plancat.c (r1.134 -> r1.135)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/plancat.c.diff?r1=1.134&r2=1.135
> )
> pgsql/src/include/commands:
> explain.h (r1.30 -> r1.31)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/commands/explain.h.diff?r1=1.30&r2=1.31
> )
> pgsql/src/include/optimizer:
> plancat.h (r1.43 -> r1.44)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/optimizer/plancat.h.diff?r1=1.43&r2=1.44
> )
> planner.h (r1.39 -> r1.40)
> (
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/optimizer/planner.h.diff?r1=1.39&r2=1.40
> )
>
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