-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/18/07 11:08, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Josh Tolley wrote: >>> On 8/18/07, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Interesting. Does PG have to initiate the Perl interpreter every >>>> time you call a Perl-written SP? >>> IIRC PostgreSQL should only load the perl interpreter once per session. >> Right. > > I'd have been stunned if you did it any other way. > > So why is Perl-SP-INSERT so much slower than Perl-SQL-INSERT? > > (I can imagine that the SP code path would be longer, but since IO > is the slowest part of the system, I'm surprised that it's *that* > much slower.) We would have to see his script as there are several variables at hand here. 1. Is he using do or execute with his perl-sql? If he is using execute then he is getting the advantage of prepared query inserts. 2. Did he use a single transaction? If so then he is not paying for 2 million commits, which he would be with the procedure. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake - ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxzFYATb/zqfZUUQRAvUWAKCHm4EOtmrblRcnoVLVSEA0/Hd1JQCfTbgu 4tRGmCvqZSuBsGvQyUOQBzU= =edfC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly