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explain_validate_options_hook

explain_validate_options_hook

Hook to perform additional EXPLAIN options validation

Reading PostgreSQL 18.

Description

Hook to perform additional EXPLAIN options validation

Interface type
explain_validate_options_hook_type
Header
src/include/commands/explain_state.h
Subsystem
EXPLAIN
Initial value
NULL (no hook installed)

C interface

typedef void (*explain_validate_options_hook_type) (struct ExplainState *es, List *options, ParseState *pstate);
extern PGDLLIMPORT explain_validate_options_hook_type explain_validate_options_hook;

Core source comments

plugin specific option validation

Call sites

src/backend/commands/explain_state.c:206

Core call context: src/backend/commands/explain_state.c:200–214


	/* if the summary was not set explicitly, set default value */
	es->summary = (summary_set) ? es->summary : es->analyze;

	/* plugin specific option validation */
	if (explain_validate_options_hook)
		(*explain_validate_options_hook) (es, options, pstate);
}

/*
 * Map the name of an EXPLAIN extension to an integer ID.
 *
 * Within the lifetime of a particular backend, the same name will be mapped
 * to the same ID every time. IDs are not stable across backends. Use the ID
 * that you get from this function to call GetExplainExtensionState and

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Documentation and source

Source build
Version
18
Build
REL_18_STABLE
Source fingerprint
753057e340da8f22e57c9a409ea7a235fd6a46bd

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