Re: making EXPLAIN extensible

Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com>

From: Srinath Reddy <srinath2133@gmail.com>

To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org

Date: 2025-03-02T17:54:01Z

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pg_overexplain: Use PG_MODULE_MAGIC_EXT.
- 83ccc85859f3 18.0 landed
pg_overexplain: Call previous hooks as appropriate.
- 9f0c36aea0fb 18.0 landed
pg_overexplain: Additional EXPLAIN options for debugging.
- 8d5ceb113e3f 18.0 landed
Add an additional hook for EXPLAIN option validation.
- 50ba65e73325 18.0 landed
Add some new hooks so extensions can add details to EXPLAIN.
- 4fd02bf7cf94 18.0 landed
Make it possible for loadable modules to add EXPLAIN options.
- c65bc2e1d14a 18.0 landed

Hi Robert,
thanks for working on this and +1 for the idea.
i have reviewed 1,2 patches using 3rd patch(pg_overexplain module) and they
LGTM,will review more the 3rd patch.

Regards,
Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla
EDB:http://www.enterprisedb.com