On Thu, Sep  6, 2012 at 07:18:50PM +0200, Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to use the output of explain as text values?
> This won't work:
> 
> explain select *
> from (values (1),(2),(3)) foo(x)
> where x > 2
> 
> What i really want is to explain analyze a dynamic query that i build up in a
> function.
> If it returns a value i can do stuff with it, but i can't find out how to 
> grasp
> the query plan as a value.
> 
> pgAdmin shows it as text values in the data output tab, but that might be a
> hack outside the database realm.

I think you have to do EXPLAIN in a function and call the function.  My
CTE presentation has an example of that:

        http://momjian.us/main/presentations/features.html#cte

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