Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: > On 11/10/2011 04:59 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Nonetheless, it's solving the wrong problem. Any program that is being >> written today to read EXPLAIN output should be written to read one of >> the machine-readable formats.
> Umm, it *does* handle all the formats: The point I'm trying to make is that translating the parts that handle text into another language seems like wasted effort. depesz has a specific problem to solve, namely wanting to accept emailed input from users who are likely to send any format; and that requires him to expend a lot of effort that is not likely to be necessary in any other setting. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers