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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Thinking about EXPLAIN ALTER TABLE
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Msg-id 25694.1544459535@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Thinking about EXPLAIN ALTER TABLE  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> I suggest ALTER TABLE should respond to a parameter setting of ddl_dry_run
> = on, so the whole world doesn't need to rewrite its syntax to support the
> new option.

We were just busy shooting down a different suggestion of
behavior-changing GUCs.  A GUC that turns all ALTERs into no-ops
sure seems like a foot-gun to me.

            regards, tom lane

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