Re: Timing of 'SELECT 1'

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
To: Merlin Moncure <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
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 20:36:50
Message-ID: 1078951010.3554.1.camel@fuji.krosing.net
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Merlin Moncure kirjutas K, 10.03.2004 kell 17:00:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 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.
>
> There seems to be a 'PostgreSQL ping' time of about 1-2 ms in best case
> conditions which limits the amount of queries you can fire off in 1
> second, no matter how simple.

Have you checked if this is a per-backend or per-connection limit?

> In certain rare cases this is something
> of a bottleneck. In my personal case it would be nice to see that time
> lower because converted COBOL applications tend to generate a lot of
> 'simple' queries.
>
> Merlin
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