On Mar 19, 2007, at 1:58 AM, ab wrote:
> I am trying to measure the time taken for a number of queries using
> \timing .
> All queries on my table other than the first one are pretty fast. This
> is likely due to caching. Is there any way to clear the internal cache
> of Postgres. Should I be worried about the entire OS cache also?
restarting postgres ought to do it.
however, also note that your OS's disk cache plays a big role, and
generally the only way to flush that is to reboot and/or do a lot of
other random IO.
