Re: Significant Execution Time Difference Between PG13.14 and PG16.4 for Query on information_schema Tables.

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, nikhil raj <nikhilraj474(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, NIKITA PATEL <patelnikita1411(at)gmail(dot)com>, Patel Khushbu <patelkhushbu2067(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Significant Execution Time Difference Between PG13.14 and PG16.4 for Query on information_schema Tables.
Date: 2024-08-28 06:58:56
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On 2024-08-27 20:14, David Rowley wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 at 18:00, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> wrote:
>> As a general thought, seeing that this might be an actual problem
>> should some kind of automated testing be added that checks for
>> performance regressions like this?
>
> We normally try to catch these sorts of things with regression tests.
> Of course, that requires having a test that would catch a particular
> problem, which we don't seem to have for this particular case. A
> performance test would also require testing a particular scenario, so
> I don't see why that's better. A regression test is better suited as
> there's no middle ground between pass and fail.

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I was thinking.

Any idea who normally does those, and if it would be reasonable to add
test(s) for the internal information tables?

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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