Re: psql \watch versus \timing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: psql \watch versus \timing
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Msg-id CAHGQGwHajztbvLd7ERUWorYDdPO3Jg8CqHgbxPeaGpGAa-RBag@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: psql \watch versus \timing  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: psql \watch versus \timing
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Attached patch changes \watch so that it displays how long the query takes
>> if \timing is enabled.
>>
>> I didn't refactor PSQLexec and SendQuery into one routine because
>> the contents of those functions are not so same. I'm not sure how much
>> it's worth doing that refactoring. Anyway this feature is quite useful
>> even without that refactoring, I think.
>
> The patch applies correctly and it does correctly what it is made for:
> =# \timing
> Timing is on.
> =# select 1;
>  ?column?
> ----------
>         1
> (1 row)
> Time: 0.407 ms
> =# \watch 1
> Watch every 1s    Mon Aug 18 15:17:41 2014
>  ?column?
> ----------
>         1
> (1 row)
> Time: 0.397 ms
> Watch every 1s    Mon Aug 18 15:17:42 2014
>  ?column?
> ----------
>         1
> (1 row)
> Time: 0.615 ms
>
> Refactoring it would be worth it thinking long-term... And printing
> the timing in PSQLexec code path is already done in SendQuery, so
> that's doing two times the same thing IMHO.
>
> Now, looking at the patch, introducing the new function
> PSQLexecInternal with an additional parameter to control the timing is
> correct choosing the non-refactoring way of doing. But I don't think
> that printing the time outside PSQLexecInternal is consistent with
> SendQuery. Why not simply control the timing with a boolean flag and
> print the timing directly in PSQLexecInternal?

Because the timing needs to be printed after the query result.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao



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