Re: 7.2 cvs: explain analyze instabilities

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
Cc: Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.2 cvs: explain analyze instabilities
Date: 2001-12-14 15:24:46
Message-ID: 3740.1008343486@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> writes:
> My question: does it normal that output of 'explain analyze' is unstable
> even if nothing was changed.

Certainly. Buffering issues alone would cause actual runtime of a first
run to vary from subsequent runs.

regards, tom lane

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