One feature that would be useful for the sqlite3 command shell would be a mode where the duration of the operation is reported after the operation runs (".timing"?). This would make it easy to compare different approaches for writing a query, formulating and using different indices, etc. Of course, one can do this programmatically with a simple fixture, but that's work that may or may not be simple.
Extra points for breaking out sub-timings for different parts of a complex query so one can see immediately where the bottlenecks are. This would be a nice companion to the ".expert" feature and make sqlite3 a one-stop-shop for query tuning. Randall. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users