Re: Add YAML option to explain

Kevin Grittner <kevin.grittner@wicourts.gov>

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>
Date: 2009-08-31T16:57:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com> wrote:
 
>  -
>    Plan:
>      Node Type: Index Scan
>      Scan Direction: Forward
>      Index Name: pg_class_relname_nsp_index
>      Relation Name: pg_class
>      Alias: pg_class
>      Startup Cost: 0.00
>      Total Cost: 8.27
>      Plan Rows: 1
>      Plan Width: 0
>      Actual Startup Time: 0.019
>      Actual Total Time: 0.019
>      Actual Rows: 0
>      Actual Loops: 1
>      Index Cond: "(relname = 'foo\"bar\"'::name)"
>    Triggers:
>    Total Runtime: 0.058
 
+1 for including this format.  On a ten point scale for human
readability, I'd give this about a nine.  It's something I'd be
comfortable generating in order to annotate and include in an email to
programmers or managers who wouldn't have a clue how to read the
current text version of a plan.
 
-Kevin