Re: query slows down drastically with increased number of fields - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: query slows down drastically with increased number of fields
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Msg-id 20061026223650.GS26892@nasby.net
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In response to Re: query slows down drastically with increased number of fields  ("George Pavlov" <gpavlov@mynewplace.com>)
Responses Re: query slows down drastically with increased number of fields  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 03:03:38PM -0700, George Pavlov wrote:
> i have wondered myself. i wouldn't do it through pgAdmin (not sure what
> the best test it, but i thought psql from the same machine might be
> better--see below). anyway, the funny thing is that if you concatenate
> them the time drops:

Sure. Take a look at the output and you'll see there's less data to
shove around.
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Jim Nasby                                            jim@nasby.net
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