Re: Explain Nodes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Explain Nodes
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Msg-id 4DB9ECC4.8090503@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Explain Nodes  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
Responses Re: Explain Nodes  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
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On 04/28/2011 06:07 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Apr 28, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
>
>> The code for all nodes is in src/backend/executor.
>>
>> I think that you will find it useful to look at the big switch
>> statements in ExecInitNode() and friends in execProcnode.c .
> Yep, same as what I found in src/backend/commands/explain.c. Thanks. I'll keep using what's in
src/backend/commands/explain.cbecause I'm using the XML format in explanation and so the nodes have human-readable
names.
>
>

It's been pointed out before that plugins (like FDWs) can invent their 
own explain nodes, so we'll never have a canonical list of such nodes.

cheers

andrew


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