Re: making EXPLAIN extensible

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andrei Lepikhov <lepihov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: making EXPLAIN extensible
Date: 2025-03-04 15:14:18
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On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM Andrei Lepikhov <lepihov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Also, I think this feature is quite close to the discussion on the
> possibility of adding an extensible list field into Query, PlanState,
> Plan, etc. nodes to let extensions gather and transfer some additional
> data starting with the first 'analyze' hook up to the end of execution.
> For example, in solving user issues, I frequently need to know
> predictions on the number of groups in Memoize, IncrementalSort and some
> other nodes. Such extensibility could allow an extension to gather such
> internal data during the planning stage and show it in the explain
> without any changes in the core!

If you're saying there's a -hackers discussion on this, could you
provide a link? I haven't seen it.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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