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Re: Performance Optimization for Dummies 2 - the SQL


  • From: Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com>
  • To: Alex Stapleton <alexs(at)advfn(dot)com>
  • Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Carlo Stonebanks <stonec(dot)register(at)sympatico(dot)ca>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Performance Optimization for Dummies 2 - the SQL
  • Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:11:35 +0200
  • Message-id: <4523A4F7(dot)6020802(at)logix-tt(dot)com>

Hi, Alex,

Alex Stapleton wrote:

>> explain analyze is more helpful because it prints the times.
> 
> You can always use the \timing flag in psql ;)

Have you ever tried EXPLAIN ANALYZE?

\timing gives you one total timing, but EXPLAIN ANALYZE gives you
timings for sub-plans, including real row counts etc.

HTH,
Markus

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