Custom Scan

Executes a plan supplied by a custom-scan provider.

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Core node tag: T_CustomScan
Structured EXPLAIN Node Type: Custom Scan
Inputs: Provider-defined plan, possibly with children
Output: Provider-defined tuples
Executor initializer: ExecInitCustomScan
Memory mechanism: unclassified
evidence kind: source and documentation
explain names: Custom Scan (%s)
explain prefixes: Parallel, Async
node tag: T_CustomScan
parallel callbacks: ExecCustomScanEstimate, ExecCustomScanInitializeDSM, ExecCustomScanInitializeWorker, ExecCustomScanReInitializeDSM
partial modes: Unknown
runtime verified: false
strategies: Unknown

Definition PG 18

Executes a plan supplied by a custom-scan provider.

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Text-format label	Structured node identity
Custom Scan (%s)	Custom Scan

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memory

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source inventory

{"executor":"src/backend/executor/execProcnode.c","explain":"src/backend/commands/explain.c","implementation":"src/backend/executor/nodeCustom.c"}

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Text language: en · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f