Re: Report Generator Proposal

I rather like it actually. Cisco equipment has a 'show tech-support' command that does exactly that, dumps all the config, HW/SW
versions, current state, you name it. If you have a problem you run that, attach the output to yr support email, and 99% of the
time there's enough info there to solve the problem.

It'd be easy to automate all except the explain, a script that did everything else could then emit "If your preoblem relates to a
specific query, then run 'explain analyze <query>' and attach it to your message as well".

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Gaetano Mendola
> Sent: 15 September 2003 16:25
> To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Report Generator Proposal
>
>
> Must I suppose that the idea rejected ?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ""Gaetano Mendola"" <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
> Newsgroups: comp.databases.postgresql.admin
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Report Generator Proposal
>
>
> > Nobody entusiastic ? I'm wrong about my feeling ?
> > I think that have the psql able to generate a report
> > will increase the our better response to a user novice
> > or not ?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Gaetano Mendola
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ""Gaetano Mendola"" <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
> > Newsgroups: comp.databases.postgresql.admin
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 4:10 AM
> > Subject: Report Generator Proposal
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > > each time that someone say: this query is slow, this query take forever,
> > bla
> > > bla bla
> > > all our request are:
> > >
> > > 1) Which version are you running ?
> > > 2) May I see your table definition?
> > > 3) May I see you configuration file?
> > > 4) May I see the explain ?
> > > 5) .......
> > >
> > > sometimes a beginner is scared about all these questions and even
> > > he/she don't know how do collect these informations and we lose
> > > important data about: "why that damn query is too slow"?
> > >
> > >
> > > may be is usefull generate an automatic report that take charge
> > > of collect all these informations and send it to a file or directly to
> > > pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org , may be something like:
> > >
> > >
> > > > BEGIN REPORT TO FILE <file_name>
> > > > SELECT ......
> > > > END REPORT;
> > >
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > >
> > > > BEGIN REPORT TO EMAIL <address>
> > > > SELECT ......
> > > > END REPORT;
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Gaetano Mendola
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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