Re: Question on what Duration in the log

"Vitale, Anthony, Sony Music" <anthony(dot)vitale(at)sonymusic(dot)com> writes:
> In my PG Version 14 log I have set to log the duration of sql (Example of one log row below).
> 2025-04-08 07:31:57 UTC:XXX(55994):XXX:[8949]:LOG: duration: 6555.756 ms execute S_381: {Actual Parameterized Sql executed}
> This Shows the Execution of a JDBC Server Side Prepared statement (i.e S_381) which took 6.5 seconds.

> When I run the Sql using explain analyze it runs shows an execution time of 73 ms
> Planning Time: 0.773 ms
> Execution Time: 73.578 ms

They're not measuring the same thing really, because EXPLAIN isn't
counting the time needed to transmit data to the client.

This is not just a matter of network overhead (though that can be
substantial) but also the time required to format the values into
text. If you are talking about large values, which I bet you are,
there is also the time needed to fetch them from out-of-line TOAST
storage, which is another thing that doesn't happen in EXPLAIN.

Since v17, EXPLAIN has grown a SERIALIZE option that causes it to
do everything except the network transmission, which might be
of interest in analyzing this further.

regards, tom lane