"Erik G. Burrows" <erik@erikburrows.com> writes:
> So, my question is: What does the duration time in the serverlog
> reflect? Is it just the time the server took to execute the statement,
> or does it reflect also query receive and response transmit time?
The former. The server has no way to measure transit times.
> Any other ideas as to why I'm seeing these odd and contradictory times?
There's a current thread in the pgsql-odbc list about similar issues
seen with ODBC. I doubt its the same problem, because it's different
client software on a different OS, but maybe it'd be worth comparing
notes.
regards, tom lane