Re: making EXPLAIN extensible

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: making EXPLAIN extensible
Date: 2025-03-05 17:57:06
Message-ID: CA+TgmobPz9phD5PpXeUNTSrkc9uXkRg6Gfq6gPatpA-XTaQCcw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote:
> I didn't look into the technical details to see what might be required
> to allow that kind of collaboration, and I am not suggesting you
> redesign the entire feature around that idea.

OK. It sounds to me like there is a good amount of support for going
forward with something like what I have, even though some people might
also like other things. What I feel is currently lacking is some
review of the actual code. Would anyone like to do that?

Here is a v2 with some documentation and regression tests for
pg_overexplain added.

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

Attachment Content-Type Size
v2-0002-Add-some-new-hooks-so-extensions-can-add-details-.patch application/octet-stream 5.7 KB
v2-0003-pg_overexplain-Additional-EXPLAIN-options-for-deb.patch application/octet-stream 59.0 KB
v2-0001-Make-it-possible-for-loadable-modules-to-add-EXPL.patch application/octet-stream 28.7 KB

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