Re: Hide 'Execution time' in EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hide 'Execution time' in EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
Date: 2014-06-03 20:24:58
Message-ID: 21826.1401827098@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> Pah. So what we need is a new mode, REGRESSTEST ON or something.

> Well, we could invent that. But I personally think piggybacking on
> COSTS makes more sense.

I've been eagerly waiting for 8.4 to die so I could stop worrying
about how far back I can back-patch regression test cases using
"explain (costs off)". It'd be really annoying to have to wait
another five years to get a consistent new spelling of how to do
that. So yeah, let's stick to using COSTS OFF in the tests.

regards, tom lane

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