Advanced EXPLAIN

Nikolay and Michael discuss some more advanced topics around EXPLAIN, including some tips for complex query plans, some recent improvements, and an idea or two that might make it even better.

Here are some links to things they mentioned:
• Michael’s solo episode on EXPLAIN basics postgres.fm/episodes/explain
• Our episode on auto_explain postgres.fm/episodes/auto_explain
• Which cloud providers support auto_explain? (Blog post by Michael) pgmustard.com/blog/which-cloud-providers-suppo…
• psychopg psycopg.org
• Our first episode on BUFFERS postgres.fm/episodes/buffers-by-default
• Our second episode on BUFFERS postgres.fm/episodes/buffers-ii-the-sequel
• track_io_timing postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-sta…
• compute_query_id postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-sta…
• EXPLAIN: beyond the basics (talk by Michael) youtube.com/watch?v=sGkSOvuaPs4

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What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, (postgres.fm/people) or by commenting on our Google doc (docs.google.com/document/d/1PNGSn_d0A7gTR4C0p6…)!

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Postgres FM is produced by:
• Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard (pgmustard.com)
• Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai (postgres.ai)

With special thanks to:
• Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork