On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 05:57:38PM +0100, aghart...@gmail.com wrote: > So, a test with pgcrypto: > > select pgp_sym_encrypt(data::text, 'pwd') --default to aes128 > from generate_series('2022-01-01'::timestamp, '2022-12-31'::timestamp, '1 > hour'::interval) data > > vs > > select pgp_sym_encrypt(data::text, 'pwd','cipher-algo=bf') -- blowfish > from generate_series('2022-01-01'::timestamp, '2022-12-31'::timestamp, '1 > hour'::interval) data
To see the difference, I think you need to construct a single large query that calls many pgcrypto functions, with a small return result, so the network, parsing, and optimizer overhead are minimal compared to the OpenSSL overhread. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Embrace your flaws. They make you human, rather than perfect, which you will never be.