Re: TRACE_SORT defined by default

From: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: TRACE_SORT defined by default
Date: 2019-04-25 15:53:16
Message-ID: CAMkU=1z2b-ykjz3Nh00g3L-2gn+zsFbRbQiNA_memnbYgJdZ_g@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 6:04 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> writes:
>
> > In
> > any case the current status quo is that it's built by default. I have
> > used it in production, though not very often. It's easy to turn it on
> > and off.
>
> Would any non-wizard really have a use for it?
>

I've had people use it to get some insight into the operation and memory
usage of Aggregate nodes, since those nodes offer nothing useful via
EXPLAIN ANALYZE. It would be a shame to lose that ability on
package-installed PostgreSQL unless we fix Aggregate node reporting first.

Cheers,

Jeff

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