On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 1:32 AM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > I suggest ALTER TABLE should respond to a parameter setting of ddl_dry_run > > = on, so the whole world doesn't need to rewrite its syntax to support the > > new option. > > We were just busy shooting down a different suggestion of > behavior-changing GUCs. A GUC that turns all ALTERs into no-ops > sure seems like a foot-gun to me.
Yeah, I like EXPLAIN better. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
