On 1 October 2016 at 10:10, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David Rowley <david.rowley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> On 1 October 2016 at 05:47, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Somebody will need to trace through this on Windows and see where it's >>> going off the rails. > >> I tried the test case on 9.6.0 on a Windows 8.1 machine, and it works >> fine for me. > > Hm, but if we assume that EXPLAIN ANALYZE is somehow affecting the > behavior, it's entirely plausible that having auto_explain active > would have the same effect. > > Please try it without auto_explain, and just rely on noting the runtime > with psql's \timing to infer whether workers were active or not. It's certainly worth trying that, but in Jay's case auto_explain made no difference. Results without auto_explain: postgres=# set max_parallel_workers_per_gather=8; SET Time: 0.257 ms postgres=# SELECT avg(id) from big where id % 17 = 0; avg ----------------------- 15000001.000000000000 (1 row) Time: 1027.599 ms (00:01.028) postgres=# set max_parallel_workers_per_gather=0; SET Time: 0.163 ms postgres=# SELECT avg(id) from big where id % 17 = 0; avg ----------------------- 15000001.000000000000 (1 row) Time: 3262.519 ms (00:03.263) postgres=# select version(); version --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 9.6.0 on x86_64-pc-mingw64, compiled by gcc.exe (Rev5, Built by MSYS2 project) 4.9.2, 64-bit (1 row) -- David Rowley http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general