This is a simple Postgres extension that allows you to easily jump into a visual plan UI for any SQL query.
CREATE TABLE authors ( author_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL ); CREATE TABLE publishers ( publisher_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL ); CREATE TABLE categories ( category_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL ); CREATE TABLE books ( book_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, author_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES authors(author_id), publisher_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES publishers(publisher_id), publication_date DATE ); CREATE TABLE book_categories ( book_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES books(book_id), category_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES categories(category_id), PRIMARY KEY (book_id, category_id) ); SELECT explain_ui($$SELECT b.title AS "Book Title", a.name AS "Author", p.name AS "Publisher", array_agg(c.name) AS "Categories", b.publication_date AS "Publication Date", COUNT(c.category_id) AS "Number of Categories" FROM books b INNER JOIN authors a ON b.author_id = a.author_id INNER JOIN publishers p ON b.publisher_id = p.publisher_id INNER JOIN book_categories bc ON b.book_id = bc.book_id INNER JOIN categories c ON bc.category_id = c.category_id WHERE p.name != 'Test' GROUP BY b.book_id, a.name, p.name, b.publication_date HAVING COUNT(c.category_id) > 1 ORDER BY b.publication_date DESC; $$); explain_ui -------------------------------------------------- https://explain.dalibo.com/plan/ccg2e5fedd913bb7 (1 row)
It is integrated with Dalibo's Explain UI tool, which is a simple service built on top of pev2 (Postgres Explain Visualizer 2).
This extension is built using pgrx.
As of now, the extension is not yet published anywhere for consumption.