Re: Reporting script runtimes in pg_regress

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
>> On 10 Feb 2019, at 04:50, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Does anyone else feel that this is interesting/useful data?

> Absolutely, +1 on this. In Greenplum we print the runtime of the script and
> the runtime of the diff, both of which have provided useful feedback on where
> to best spend optimization efforts (the diff time of course being a lot less
> interesting in upstream postgres due to gpdb having it’s own diff tool to
> handle segment variability).

Seems like I'm far from the first to think of this --- I wonder why
nobody submitted a patch before?

Anyway, pushed.

regards, tom lane