Re: FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks
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Msg-id 200208012225.g71MPqr12228@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks  (nconway@klamath.dyndns.org (Neil Conway))
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Thanks.  That looks acceptable to me, and a good test.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> Ok, here are some crude benchmarks to attempt to measure the effect of
> changing FUNC_MAX_ARGS. The benchmark script executed:
> 
> CREATE FUNCTION test_func(int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int)
> RETURNS INTEGER AS 'SELECT $1 + $2 + $3 + $4 + $5 + $6 + $7 + $8'
> LANGUAGE 'sql' VOLATILE;
> 
> Followed by 30,000 calls of:
> 
> SELECT test_func(i, i, i, i, i, i, i, i);
> 
> (Where i was the iteration number)
> 
> I ran the test several times and averaged the results -- the wall-clock
> time remained very consistent throughout the runs. Each execution of the
> script took about 30 seconds. The machine was otherwise idle, and all
> other PostgreSQL settings were at their default values.
> 
> With FUNC_MAX_ARGS=16:
> 
> 28.832
> 28.609
> 28.726
> 28.680
> 
> (average = 28.6 seconds)
> 
> With FUNC_MAX_ARGS=32:
> 
> 29.097
> 29.337
> 29.138
> 28.985
> 29.231
> 
> (average = 29.15 seconds)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Neil
> 
> -- 
> Neil Conway <neilconway@rogers.com>
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