Related question: how do you run postgreSQL to simultaneously support a Unix
socket and TCP/IP?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug McNaught" <doug@wireboard.com>
To: "John Oakes" <john@networkproductions.net>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] JDBC speed question.
> "John Oakes" <john@networkproductions.net> writes:
>
> > Anyone have any ideas how to speed up performance using the JDBC driver?
A
> > query that takes me 20 seconds to execute from command line takes 1 full
> > minute with the jdbc driver. Thanks.
>
> Since you don't guve any details of your query or network setup, it's
> hard to help much. What could account for the difference, assuming
> that the query is exactly the same in both cases, is that the JDBC
> driver connects through TCP/IP (even when on the same host) whereas
> 'psql' will by default connect through a Unix socket. On most
> systems, Unix sockets are considerably faster than even local TCP
> sockets. If the JDBC client is running on a different machine, the
> difference becomes even more pronounced.
>
> This is assuming that your query is returning a great deal of data, so
> the network pipe is a factor in the execution time. If it isn't, then
> it's unclear how to help you without more details on your table
> layouts and the query itself.
>
> -Doug
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