Re: pl/pgsql function spikes CPU 100%

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Jeff Frost <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com> writes:
> Well, finally got this system upgraded to 8.1.8, but unfortunately, that did 
> not resolve this.  Is there any reasonable way to see where this function is 
> spending it's time?

I've grown enamored of oprofile lately --- if you're on a recent Linux
system, try that.  Solaris' DTrace is said to have equivalent
capability.  On other systems you could consider plain 'ol gprof.

Any of these will require a certain amount of man-page-reading :-(

			regards, tom lane