Hi,
On 2023-04-19 12:16:24 -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:17:04AM -0400, Melanie Plageman wrote:
> > Ultimately this is probably fine. If we wanted to modify one of the
> > existing tests to cover the multi-batch case, changing the select
> > count(*) to a select * would do the trick. I imagine we wouldn't want to
> > do this because of the excessive output this would produce. I wondered
> > if there was a pattern in the tests for getting around this.
>
> You could use explain (ANALYZE). But the output is machine-dependant in
> various ways (which is why the tests use "explain analyze so rarely).
I think with sufficient options it's not machine specific. We have a bunch of
EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, COSTS OFF, SUMMARY OFF, TIMING OFF) ..
in our tests.
Greetings,
Andres Freund