Re: query execution time

From: Lukasz Brodziak <lukasz(dot)brodziak(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Julius T <julius(at)nsoft(dot)lt>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: query execution time
Date: 2010-10-05 21:39:36
Message-ID: AANLkTi=O-_Tn3tOxPJhju2EN04RpursxNmzLm_QkPPa6@mail.gmail.com
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Hello,
I would try reindexing it is not said that it will be the case but
sometimes it may be helpful.
Regards
Luke

2010/10/5, Julius T <julius(at)nsoft(dot)lt>:
> Hello, everybody
>
> recently I have found that queries on our customer database take longer to
> execute than normally.
>
> First thing we did was to log long queries. This led to nothing as queries
> logged are usually executed fast. On the other hand sometimes they take
> considerable amount of time... Then we tried using EXPLAIN ANALYZE - that
> brings me to the question:
> "Total runtime" of the query provided by the EXPLAIN ANALYZE is 0.200ms, but
> the result of it comes after sometimes 0.2, sometimes 5 seconds. We use
> pgAdmin tool to query the DB - it shows how long the query took to execute.
> The question is why the difference of value provided by EXPLAIN ANALYZE and
> observed one is so big? I know explain analyze has its overheads, but query
> itself takes long to execute. Also we've checked if the internet traffic is
> not too high - it appears not even close... Now I have run out of ideas what
> to check... Can you give me a hint what else can cause such behavior ?
>
> Thank You in advance.]
>
> Julius Tuskenis
>
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