Re: Timing of 'SELECT 1'

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Timing of 'SELECT 1'
Date: 2004-03-10 20:04:50
Message-ID: 9258.1078949090@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be> writes:
> If I do a query on localhost with lots of data, I get a small
> time in the log, if I do it over a slow link the time get higher.
> It changes from 1 second to 2 minutes or something.

> So I think it's until the client has received the data.

It'll at least be until the backend has been able to send the data.
However, for a small amount of retrieved data, I doubt the kernel
will make the backend wait at the send() --- if there even is one
before the log entry is made.

regards, tom lane

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