select version();
version
-------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96
(1 row)
\timing does not work gives following
oss=> \timing
Showing only tuples.
\t: extra argument 'iming' ignored
Any ideas ??? or was it just 7.2.2??
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andy Kriger wrote:
> > Is there a psql function I can call after making a query to find out how
> > long the last query took? (e.g. after running a create index on a table with
> > a lot of records, I would like to know how long it took). I know I could do
> > this using JDBC and wrapping the query in getTimeMillis() but I'm curious if
> > psql has a built-in function or if the client has a utility cmd.
>
> Yes, you can use \timing in psql:
>
> test=> \timing
> Timing is on.
> test=> select * from pg_language;
> lanname | lanispl | lanpltrusted | lanplcallfoid | lanvalidator |
> lanacl
> ----------+---------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------
>
> sql | f | t | 0 | 2248 | {=U}
> internal | f | f | 0 | 2246 | {=}
> c | f | f | 0 | 2247 | {=}
> (3 rows)
>
> Time: 76.83 ms
>
> and in 7.3 we will have log_duration which will send all query
> durations to the server logs.
>
>
--
Darren Ferguson
