Mark Butler wrote:
> I did several tests with functions designed to sum the number 12345 a million
> times. The results are as follows (Pentium II 450, Redhat 6.2):
>
> Postgres PL/PGSQL original numeric: 14.8 seconds
> Postgres PL/PGSQL modified numeric: 11.0 seconds
> Postgres PL/PGSQL float8: 10.7 seconds
> GNU AWK: 2.5 seconds
> Oracle PL/SQL number: 2.0 seconds
I have a new result:
Postgres PL/PGSQL integer: 7.5 seconds
I do not know what to attribute the large difference between float8 and int to
other than pg_alloc overhead used in the calling convention for float8.
Commments?
- Mark Butler
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