Re: Postgresql 9.0.2 explain analyze very slow (10x), compared to actual query time - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Postgresql 9.0.2 explain analyze very slow (10x), compared to actual query time
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Msg-id 18991.1294762751@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Postgresql 9.0.2 explain analyze very slow (10x), compared to actual query time  (Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>)
Responses Re: Postgresql 9.0.2 explain analyze very slow (10x), compared to actual query time  (Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>)
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Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> writes:
> I have noticed that in 9.0.2 EXPLAIN ANALYZE takes considerably longer time to return than the actual query. I never
noticedthis in 8.3. 

Same hardware?  What it sounds like is you're running 9.0 on a machine
with slow gettimeofday().

            regards, tom lane

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