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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2008-04-18 01:42:17 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2008-04-18 01:42:17 +0000
commit87a2f050a9b53b3effe0a4da9733b5dba784463d (patch)
tree5a1aa867819cca291da2a70ee4f4e8695a0cebec /doc/src
parent2f0f7b4bce13e68394543728801ef011fd82fac6 (diff)
Cause EXPLAIN's VERBOSE option to print the target list (output column list)
of each plan node, instead of its former behavior of dumping the internal representation of the plan tree. The latter display is still available for those who really want it (see debug_print_plan), but uses for it are certainly few and and far between. Per discussion. This patch also removes the explain_pretty_print GUC, which is obsoleted by the change.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml16
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml9
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index fa8ce23a46c..8658f493d5b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.174 2008/03/30 04:08:14 neilc Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.175 2008/04/18 01:42:17 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime-config">
<title>Server Configuration</title>
@@ -4187,20 +4187,6 @@ SET XML OPTION { DOCUMENT | CONTENT };
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry id="guc-explain-pretty-print" xreflabel="explain_pretty_print">
- <term><varname>explain_pretty_print</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
- <indexterm>
- <primary><varname>explain_pretty_print</> configuration parameter</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Determines whether <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> uses the
- indented or non-indented format for displaying detailed
- query-tree dumps. The default is <literal>on</>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry id="guc-dynamic-library-path" xreflabel="dynamic_library_path">
<term><varname>dynamic_library_path</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
<indexterm>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
index 89fb0274cac..73cea6b00fa 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml,v 1.41 2007/11/28 15:42:31 petere Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml,v 1.42 2008/04/18 01:42:17 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -106,12 +106,7 @@ ROLLBACK;
<term><literal>VERBOSE</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Show the full internal representation of the plan tree, rather
- than just a summary. Usually this option is only useful for
- specialized debugging purposes. The
- <literal>VERBOSE</literal> output is either pretty-printed or
- not, depending on the setting of the <xref
- linkend="guc-explain-pretty-print"> configuration parameter.
+ Include the output column list for each node in the plan tree.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>