Re: YAML

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-12-07T19:07:43Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Josh Berkus wrote:
> All,
>
> What it's sounding like is that we ought to have a plug-in (both for
> postmaster and for psql) which allows the calling of an external library
> to parse explain output.  Then people could covert XML/JSON into
> whatever they wanted.
>
>
>   

Not everything is sanely convertible into some sort of plugin. A plugin 
mechanism for this would be FAR more trouble that it is worth, IMNSHO.

We are massively over-egging this pudding (as a culinary blogger you 
should appreciate this analogy).

cheers

andrew