I am timing small queries, and found that a PREPARE/EXECUTE of "SELECT 1" takes about 1.2ms on my machine. A normal SELECT doesn't take much longer, so I am wondering why a simpler query isn't faster.
Looking at log_executor_stats, I see the following. Execute shows nothing taking much time, mostly < .2ms, but the total seems high. I wonder if one of our standard query start/stop functions is taking too long and can be optimized. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- test=> PREPARE xx AS SELECT 1; PREPARE -- run EXECUTE several times test=> EXECUTE xx; LOG: PARSER STATISTICS DETAIL: ! system usage stats: ! 0.000026 elapsed 0.000007 user 0.000021 system sec ! [0.006128 user 0.018384 sys total] ! 0/0 [17/16] filesystem blocks in/out ! 0/0 [0/0] page faults/reclaims, 0 [0] swaps ! 0 [0] signals rcvd, 0/0 [21/97] messages rcvd/sent ! 0/0 [38/78] voluntary/involuntary context switches ! buffer usage stats: ! Shared blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Local blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Direct blocks: 0 read, 0 written LOG: PARSE ANALYSIS STATISTICS DETAIL: ! system usage stats: ! 0.000062 elapsed 0.000004 user 0.000010 system sec ! [0.006168 user 0.018504 sys total] ! 0/0 [17/16] filesystem blocks in/out ! 0/0 [0/0] page faults/reclaims, 0 [0] swaps ! 0 [0] signals rcvd, 0/0 [21/98] messages rcvd/sent ! 0/0 [38/79] voluntary/involuntary context switches ! buffer usage stats: ! Shared blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Local blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Direct blocks: 0 read, 0 written LOG: REWRITER STATISTICS DETAIL: ! system usage stats: ! 0.000005 elapsed 0.000002 user 0.000004 system sec ! [0.006205 user 0.018615 sys total] ! 0/0 [17/16] filesystem blocks in/out ! 0/0 [0/0] page faults/reclaims, 0 [0] swaps ! 0 [0] signals rcvd, 0/0 [21/99] messages rcvd/sent ! 0/0 [38/80] voluntary/involuntary context switches ! buffer usage stats: ! Shared blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Local blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Direct blocks: 0 read, 0 written LOG: EXECUTOR STATISTICS DETAIL: ! system usage stats: ! 0.000017 elapsed 0.000004 user 0.000012 system sec ! [0.006248 user 0.018744 sys total] ! 0/0 [17/16] filesystem blocks in/out ! 0/0 [0/0] page faults/reclaims, 0 [0] swaps ! 0 [0] signals rcvd, 0/0 [21/100] messages rcvd/sent ! 0/0 [38/81] voluntary/involuntary context switches ! buffer usage stats: ! Shared blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Local blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Direct blocks: 0 read, 0 written LOG: EXECUTOR STATISTICS DETAIL: ! system usage stats: ! 0.000288 elapsed 0.000037 user 0.000113 system sec ! [0.006281 user 0.018845 sys total] ! 0/0 [17/16] filesystem blocks in/out ! 0/0 [0/0] page faults/reclaims, 0 [0] swaps ! 0 [0] signals rcvd, 0/1 [21/101] messages rcvd/sent ! 0/1 [38/82] voluntary/involuntary context switches ! buffer usage stats: ! Shared blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Local blocks: 0 read, 0 written, buffer hit rate = 0.00% ! Direct blocks: 0 read, 0 written LOG: duration: 1.230 ms ?column? ---------- 1 (1 row) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org