| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: why autocommit mode is slow? |
| Date: | 2011-04-08 14:26:57 |
| Message-ID: | BANLkTim7AO1ZAqevQambXXLF6_9MgYj6Vw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> this is maybe a stupid question, but I don't know how to explain to my
> coworkers why performing many inserts in autocommit mode is so much slower
> than making all of them in one transaction.
> Why is that so slow?
There's a performance bug that slows things down more than necessary.
I've worked out a solution that we can use to improve that.
Not sure that we should backpatch it though.
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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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