Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> Dean Rasheed wrote:
> in HEAD:
>> ... (actual time=1390.037..1390.037 rows=0 loops=1)
>> Trigger for constraint fk_table_e_fkey: time=210.184 calls=90000
>> Total runtime: 1607.626 ms
>> With this patch:
>> ... (actual time=1489.640..1489.640 rows=0 loops=1)
>> [no triggers fired]
>> Total runtime: 1489.679 ms
>> for every row:
>> ... (actual time=1565.148..1565.148 rows=0 loops=1)
>> Trigger for constraint fk_table_e_fkey: time=705.962 calls=100000
>> Total runtime: 2279.408 ms
>> with this patch
>> ... (actual time=1962.755..1962.755 rows=0 loops=1)
>> Trigger for constraint fk_table_e_fkey: time=257.845 calls=10000
>> Total runtime: 2221.912 ms
> I find it interesting that 'actual time' for top level 'Update on
> fk_table' is always higher in patched versions, and yet the 'Total
> runtime' is lower for the patched versions. I would've expected
> 'Total runtime' to be proportional to the increase in top-level
> row-source's 'actual time'.
I figured that the trigger time was counted separately. It seems to
add up pretty well that way. I guess the question is whether there
is a case where the increase in seqscan time is *not* compensated by
less time in the triggers.
-Kevin