-- -- EXPLAIN -- -- There are many test cases elsewhere that use EXPLAIN as a vehicle for -- checking something else (usually planner behavior). This file is -- concerned with testing EXPLAIN in its own right. -- -- To produce stable regression test output, it's usually necessary to -- ignore details such as exact costs or row counts. These filter -- functions replace changeable output details with fixed strings. create function explain_filter(text) returns setof text language plpgsql as $$ declare ln text; begin for ln in execute $1 loop -- Replace any numeric word with just 'N' ln := regexp_replace(ln, '-?\m\d+\M', 'N', 'g'); -- In sort output, the above won't match units-suffixed numbers ln := regexp_replace(ln, '\m\d+kB', 'NkB', 'g'); -- Ignore text-mode buffers output because it varies depending -- on the system state CONTINUE WHEN (ln ~ ' +Buffers: .*'); -- Ignore text-mode "Planning:" line because whether it's output -- varies depending on the system state CONTINUE WHEN (ln = 'Planning:'); return next ln; end loop; end; $$; -- To produce valid JSON output, replace numbers with "0" or "0.0" not "N" create function explain_filter_to_json(text) returns jsonb language plpgsql as $$ declare data text := ''; ln text; begin for ln in execute $1 loop -- Replace any numeric word with just '0' ln := regexp_replace(ln, '\m\d+\M', '0', 'g'); data := data || ln; end loop; return data::jsonb; end; $$; -- Disable JIT, or we'll get different output on machines where that's been -- forced on set jit = off; -- Similarly, disable track_io_timing, to avoid output differences when -- enabled. set track_io_timing = off; -- Simple cases select explain_filter('explain select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (analyze) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (analyze, verbose) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (analyze, buffers, format text) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (analyze, buffers, format xml) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (analyze, serialize, buffers, format yaml) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (buffers, format text) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (buffers, format json) select * from int8_tbl i8'); -- Check output including I/O timings. These fields are conditional -- but always set in JSON format, so check them only in this case. set track_io_timing = on; select explain_filter('explain (analyze, buffers, format json) select * from int8_tbl i8'); set track_io_timing = off; -- SETTINGS option -- We have to ignore other settings that might be imposed by the environment, -- so printing the whole Settings field unfortunately won't do. begin; set local plan_cache_mode = force_generic_plan; select true as "OK" from explain_filter('explain (settings) select * from int8_tbl i8') ln where ln ~ '^ *Settings: .*plan_cache_mode = ''force_generic_plan'''; select explain_filter_to_json('explain (settings, format json) select * from int8_tbl i8') #> '{0,Settings,plan_cache_mode}'; rollback; -- GENERIC_PLAN option select explain_filter('explain (generic_plan) select unique1 from tenk1 where thousand = $1'); -- should fail select explain_filter('explain (analyze, generic_plan) select unique1 from tenk1 where thousand = $1'); -- MEMORY option select explain_filter('explain (memory) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (memory, analyze) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (memory, summary, format yaml) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (memory, analyze, format json) select * from int8_tbl i8'); prepare int8_query as select * from int8_tbl i8; select explain_filter('explain (memory) execute int8_query'); -- Test EXPLAIN (GENERIC_PLAN) with partition pruning -- partitions should be pruned at plan time, based on constants, -- but there should be no pruning based on parameter placeholders create table gen_part ( key1 integer not null, key2 integer not null ) partition by list (key1); create table gen_part_1 partition of gen_part for values in (1) partition by range (key2); create table gen_part_1_1 partition of gen_part_1 for values from (1) to (2); create table gen_part_1_2 partition of gen_part_1 for values from (2) to (3); create table gen_part_2 partition of gen_part for values in (2); -- should scan gen_part_1_1 and gen_part_1_2, but not gen_part_2 select explain_filter('explain (generic_plan) select key1, key2 from gen_part where key1 = 1 and key2 = $1'); drop table gen_part; -- -- Test production of per-worker data -- -- Unfortunately, because we don't know how many worker processes we'll -- actually get (maybe none at all), we can't examine the "Workers" output -- in any detail. We can check that it parses correctly as JSON, and then -- remove it from the displayed results. begin; -- encourage use of parallel plans set parallel_setup_cost=0; set parallel_tuple_cost=0; set min_parallel_table_scan_size=0; set max_parallel_workers_per_gather=4; select jsonb_pretty( explain_filter_to_json('explain (analyze, verbose, buffers, format json) select * from tenk1 order by tenthous') -- remove "Workers" node of the Seq Scan plan node #- '{0,Plan,Plans,0,Plans,0,Workers}' -- remove "Workers" node of the Sort plan node #- '{0,Plan,Plans,0,Workers}' -- Also remove its sort-type fields, as those aren't 100% stable #- '{0,Plan,Plans,0,Sort Method}' #- '{0,Plan,Plans,0,Sort Space Type}' ); rollback; -- Test display of temporary objects create temp table t1(f1 float8); create function pg_temp.mysin(float8) returns float8 language plpgsql as 'begin return sin($1); end'; select explain_filter('explain (verbose) select * from t1 where pg_temp.mysin(f1) < 0.5'); -- Test compute_query_id set compute_query_id = on; select explain_filter('explain (verbose) select * from int8_tbl i8'); -- Test SERIALIZE option select explain_filter('explain (analyze,serialize) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (analyze,serialize text,buffers,timing off) select * from int8_tbl i8'); select explain_filter('explain (analyze,serialize binary,buffers,timing) select * from int8_tbl i8'); -- this tests an edge case where we have no data to return select explain_filter('explain (analyze,serialize) create temp table explain_temp as select * from int8_tbl i8');