From: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
To: Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
Cc: Adam Palmblad <apalmblad@dataunison.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Dynamically loaded C function performance
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:49:45 -0700
Message-ID: <4463BF89.6050702@joeconway.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060511220523.GT99570@pervasive.com>
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<20060511220523.GT99570@pervasive.com>
Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:47:53PM -0700, Adam Palmblad wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>We've got a C function that we use here and we find that for every
>>connection, the first run of the function is much slower than any
>>subsequent runs. ( 50ms compared to 8ms)
>>
>>Besides using connection pooling, are there any options to improve
>>performance?
>
> In my experience, connection startup takes a heck of a lot longer than
> 50ms, so why are you worrying about 50ms for the first run of a
> function?
>
> BTW, sorry, but I don't know a way to speed this up, either.
I think Tom nailed the solution already in a nearby reply -- see
preload_libraries on this page:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/runtime-config-resource.html
Joe
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