| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| 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 14:26:30 |
| Message-ID: | 200203111426.g2BEQUD00271@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > >> I'm not partial to the duplicated keyword. Really.
> > Okay, okay, I concede. "EXPLAIN VERBOSE n stmt" it is.
>
> Another possibility is to implement
>
> SET VERBOSITY = n;
>
> Why not do that and not bother extending/polluting the EXPLAIN syntax?
Unless you have another use for VERBOSITY, it seems like a waste. I
don't see a value in moving control away from the EXPLAIN command
itself. I realize it would be used as a default for all EXPLAIN
commands, but the level is just a single-digit number.
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