On Saturday, May 23, 2020, Vik Fearing <v...@postgresfriends.org> wrote: > > > > Do we really want default_explain_analyze ? > > It sounds like bad news that EXPLAIN DELETE might or might not remove > rows > > depending on the state of a variable. > > I have had sessions where not using ANALYZE was the exception, not the > rule. I would much prefer to type EXPLAIN (ANALYZE OFF) in those cases. >
Not sure about the feature as a whole but i’m strongly against having a GUC exist that conditions whether a query is actually executed. David J.