Re: Comparative performance

PFC wrote:
> Even though this query isn't that optimized, it's still only 16
> milliseconds.
> Why does it take this long for PHP to get the results ?
>
> Can you try pg_query'ing this exact same query, FROM PHP, and timing
> it with getmicrotime() ?

Thanks, that's what I was looking for. It's microtime(), BTW. It'll take me
some time to instrument it, but that way I can pinpoint what is really slow.

> You can even do an EXPLAIN ANALYZE from pg_query and display the
> results in your webpage, to check how long the query takes on the server.
>
> You can also try it on a Linux box.

My current host only supports MySQL. I contacted hub.org to see if they could
assist in this transition but I haven't heard back.

> This smells like a TCP communication problem.

I'm puzzled by that remark. How much does TCP get into the picture in a local
Windows client/server environment?

Joe