| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mike <ipso(at)snappymail(dot)ca>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: machine-readable explain output v4 |
| Date: | 2009-08-11 21:38:33 |
| Message-ID: | 603c8f070908111438x2d801be1t8056256feda7285b@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
> Good. I had a look at this for a little while yesterday. I built it, did an
> install, loaded auto_explain and then ran the regression tests. I didn't
> like the output much. It looks like the XML has been dumbed down to fit a
> data model that works for JSON as well, particularly in the lack of use of
> attributes. An XML processor won't care that much, but humans will certainly
> find it more tiresome to read. In effect we are swapping horizontal
> expansion for vertical expansion. It would be nicer to be able to fit a plan
> into a screen.
Isn't that what text format is for?
Not that the XML format is perfect; I haven't heard one person say
that they like anything about it except that it is already
implemented.
...Robert
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