Re: EXPLAIN CREATE TABLE AS - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: EXPLAIN CREATE TABLE AS
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Msg-id 12792.1224766694@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to EXPLAIN CREATE TABLE AS  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Re: EXPLAIN CREATE TABLE AS
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> It turns out you cannot EXPLAIN on CREATE TABLE AS, but it seems to work 
> fine if I extend the grammar as below:

This seems to me to be something that will look like a wart, not a
feature, from the user's point of view.  You can't explain CREATE TABLE,
but you can explain CREATE TABLE AS?  It's just weird.  It feels to me
like exposing an implementation artifact.
        regards, tom lane


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