Re: Report planning memory in EXPLAIN ANALYZE

From: Andrei Lepikhov <a(dot)lepikhov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andy Fan <zhihui(dot)fan1213(at)gmail(dot)com>, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Report planning memory in EXPLAIN ANALYZE
Date: 2023-12-01 02:57:13
Message-ID: 79de837a-33c2-481b-91dd-7f3926262baa@postgrespro.ru
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On 30/11/2023 18:40, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Well, SUMMARY is enabled by default with ANALYZE, and I'd rather not
> have planner memory consumption displayed by default with all EXPLAIN
> ANALYZEs. So yeah, I still think this deserves its own option.
>
> But let's hear others' opinions on this point. I'm only one vote here.

I agree; it should be disabled by default. The fact that memory
consumption outputs with byte precision (very uncomfortable for
perception) is a sign that the primary audience is developers and for
debugging purposes.

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regards,
Andrei Lepikhov
Postgres Professional

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