Re: REVIEW: EXPLAIN and nfiltered
hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko.tiikkaja@cs.helsinki.fi>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-01-20T19:53:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 02:48:59PM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Robert Haas (robertmhaas@gmail.com) wrote: > > How much has that code been updated from one release to the next? > > Just an FYI, I talked to depesz on IRC (please chime in if you disagree > with any of this) and he indicated that he's had to update the code > from time to time, mostly because the parser was too strict. > > He also mentioned that he didn't feel it was terribly complicated or > that it'd be difficult to update for this. Looking over the code, it's > got a simple regex for matching that line which would have to be > updated, but I don't think it'd require much more than that. i'll be happy to update the Pg::Explain to handle new elements of textual plans, so if this would be of concern - please don't treat "compatibility with explain.depesz.com" as your responsibility/problem. I'll fix the parser (have to add json/xml parsing too anyway), and I, too, would love to get more information. Best regards, depesz -- Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/depesz / blog: http://www.depesz.com/ jid/gtalk: depesz@depesz.com / aim:depeszhdl / skype:depesz_hdl / gg:6749007