Jeff Frost <jeff@frostconsultingllc.com> writes:
> Well, finally got this system upgraded to 8.1.8, but unfortunately, that did
> not resolve this. Is there any reasonable way to see where this function is
> spending it's time?
I've grown enamored of oprofile lately --- if you're on a recent Linux
system, try that. Solaris' DTrace is said to have equivalent
capability. On other systems you could consider plain 'ol gprof.
Any of these will require a certain amount of man-page-reading :-(
regards, tom lane