On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:25:12AM +0900, Robert Haas wrote: > 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.
+1 for EXPLAIN Best, David. -- David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate