Re: Get explain output of postgresql in Tables - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Get explain output of postgresql in Tables
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Msg-id 200604090318.k393Ic207160@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Get explain output of postgresql in Tables  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
Responses Re: Get explain output of postgresql in Tables
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 07:54:09AM +0900, Satoshi Nagayasu wrote:
> > Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > > Structure for the human-consumable output or for something that would be
> > > machine-parsed? ISTM it would be best to keep the current output as-is,
> > > and provide some other means for producing machine-friendly output,
> > > presumably in a table format.
> > 
> > How about (well-formed) XML format?
> > Anyone menthioned in the past threads?
> > 
> > I guess XML is good for the explain structure.
> 
> Unless you want to actually analyze the output in something like
> plpgsql, but I can certainly see uses for both. Perhaps getting one
> implimented will make it easier to implement the other.

TODO has:
* Allow EXPLAIN output to be more easily processed by scripts

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