> As stuff matures and becomes indispensable we could consider moving it to the > regular EXPLAIN or implement some way to specify precisely which data the user > wants. Or just say XML/table data/whatever will solve the problem for us.
I think some way to specify precisely which data the user wants is the way to go. The amount of data that there is to be printed is only going to continue to increase. If the only toggle is a boolean flag to display ALL or NONE of it, then every time someone proposes a new type of output, we're going to argue about whether it's useful enough to be worth the display real estate. I'm not sure what the best way is though. I don't think continuing to add keywords between EXPLAIN and the start of the query is very scalable. Putting parentheses around the option list seems like it might eliminate a lot of grammar headaches: EXPLAIN (option, option, option...) SELECT ... ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
