Re: Thinking about EXPLAIN ALTER TABLE

Simon Riggs <simon@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.

            regards, tom lane