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ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:
> Here is a patch for testing query modes on pgbench. It is discussed on
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-10/msg00755.php
>
> I think this is useful to measure performance of protocols and
> prepared statements. I hope the extended protocol will be improved
> as fast as the simple protocol. It is 10-20% slower now.
> (for 8.4 item)
>
> The querymode option is added:
> -M querymode
> Choose the query mode from the follows:
> simple: using simple query protocol.
> extended: using extended protocol.
> prepared: using extended protocol with prepared statements.
> default is simple.
>
> Usage:
> $ pgbench -M [simple|extended|prepared]
>
> Regards,
> ---
> ITAGAKI Takahiro
> NTT Open Source Software Center
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