Re: machine-readable explain output - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: machine-readable explain output
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Msg-id 937d27e10906140146t168c29ebtfbd3969ed35db8ba@mail.gmail.com
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In response to machine-readable explain output  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: machine-readable explain output  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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On 6/13/09, Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de> wrote:
>
>
> --On 13. Juni 2009 15:01:43 -0400 Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Also, the result type of an EXPLAIN (format xml) should be type xml, not
>>> text.
>>
>> Seems reasonable.  I'll see if I can figure out how to do that.
>
> I suppose it's okay then, that the format is not available when the server
> isn't build with --with-libxml ?

I hope not, otherwise the usefulness of the format is significantly
reduced (to practically zero) if tools cannot rely on it being
available and have to fall back to something else if it's not
available.

-- 
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK:   http://www.enterprisedb.com


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