Re: usleep feature for pgbench

On 7/6/2007 10:44 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007 21:12 schrieb Jan Wieck:
>> To test some changes in Slony I needed a
>>
>>      \usleep [microseconds|:variable]
>>
>> in pgbench's scripting language to be able to have hundreds of
>> concurrent running transactions without totally swamping the system. I
>> was wondering if anyone would object to permanently adding this to the
>> pgbench code?
> 
> Or maybe a \sleep command that takes units, if it's not too much work.
> 

You mean as a second, optional argument? Good idea.
  us = microseconds  ms = milliseconds  s  = seconds (default)
  \sleep {value|:variable} [us|ms|s]

Is that okay with everyone?


Jan

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