Actually difference is http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-02/msg00415.php
Merlin Moncure <mmonc...@gmail.com> Thursday 10 February 2011 08:48:26 > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Radosław Smogura > > <rsmog...@softperience.eu> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I do performance tests against orignal JDBC driver and my version in > > binary and in text mode. I saw strange results when I was reading > > varchar values. Here is some output from simple benchmark > > > > Plain strings speed Execution: 8316582 , local: 2116608 , > > all: 10433190 > > Binary strings speed Execution: 9354613 , local: 2755949 , > > all: 12110562 > > Text NG strings speed Execution: 8346902 , local: 2704242 , > > all: 11051144 > > > > Plain is standard JDBC driver, Binary is my version with binary transfer, > > Text is my version with normal transfer. 1st column, "Execution" is time > > spend on query execution this includes send, recivie proto message, > > store it, etc, no conversion to output format. Values are in > > nanoseconds. > > > > In new version I added some functionality, but routines to read parts in > > "Execution" block are almost same for binary and text. > > > > But as you see the binary version is 10-20% slower then orginal, and my > > text version, if I increase number of read records this proportion will > > not change. I done many checks, against even "skip proto message > > content" driver, end results was same 10-20% slower. > > Since there is basically zero difference in how *varchar* is handled > in the database for the text or binary protocols (AFAIK, they use the > same code), this is almost certainly an issue with the JDBC driver, or > your benchmark application. > > merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers