Re: Rationalizing EXPLAIN VERBOSE output

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Lockhart <thomas(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Rationalizing EXPLAIN VERBOSE output
Date: 2002-03-11 05:19:04
Message-ID: 200203110519.g2B5J4S27235@candle.pha.pa.us
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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> ...
> > > > EXPLAIN VERBOSE select * from pg_class;
> > > > EXPLAIN LEVEL 1 select * from pg_class;
> > > > EXPLAIN LEVEL 5 select * from pg_class;
>
> How about leaving off "LEVEL" and just allow a numeric argument after
> VERBOSE? It does not give shift/reduce troubles. And I'm not sure that
> "level" makes it clearer (level of what?). So it would be
>
> EXPLAIN VERBOSE select ...
> EXPLAIN VERBOSE 5 select ...

Yes, this was my initial proposal but Tom didn't like it. Seemed very
clear to me. Tom wants EXPLAIN VERBOSE VERBOSE.

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