Re: Get explain output of postgresql in Tables

From: Satoshi Nagayasu <nagayasus(at)nttdata(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Akshat Nair <akshat(dot)nair(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, gpoo(at)ubiobio(dot)cl
Subject: Re: Get explain output of postgresql in Tables
Date: 2006-03-23 23:04:39
Message-ID: 44232987.9050806@nttdata.co.jp
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Satoshi Nagayasu wrote:
>
>>Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>>
>>>Structure for the human-consumable output or for something that would be
>>>machine-parsed? ISTM it would be best to keep the current output as-is,
>>>and provide some other means for producing machine-friendly output,
>>>presumably in a table format.
>>
>>How about (well-formed) XML format?
>
>
> A friend developed a patch for this. He offered to post it but I don't
> think there was any reaction at all.

Very interesting.

I guess the machine-friendly expalin format is important for query tools,
such as Visual Explain, pgAdminIII Query and so on.
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NAGAYASU Satoshi <nagayasus(at)nttdata(dot)co(dot)jp>

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