Re: [HACKERS] Querytree printing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Querytree printing
Date
Msg-id 199905101928.PAA10415@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Querytree printing  (jwieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck))
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Querytree printing  (jwieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck))
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>     Who needs the pretty printed output of nodeDisplay() ?
> 
>     I  find  the  output  of nodeToString() much more useful when
>     debugging the rewrite  system  (especially  when  looking  at
>     querytree's  resulting  from joins with many RTE's, Resdom's,
>     TLE's plus qual, group by etc. clauses.  It's  hard  to  keep
>     track  where I am if the entire tree spans hundreds of lines.
> 
>     Thus I would like to change the output of -d4 back to that of
>     nodeToString().  Anyone against?

I like the long pretty printing, with the indentation.  You are
suggesting going to the more compressed format.  Can we have -d4 do
compressed printing, and -d5 to pretty printing?  That would be good.

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