Re: Writing most code in Stored Procedures

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On 08/17/07 21:45, Steve Manes wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> Moving all the application-bound inserts into stored procedures didn't
>>> achieve nearly the performance enhancement I'd assumed I'd get, which I
>>> figured was due to the overhead of the procs themselves.
>>
>> Would that be because the original app was written in a compiled
>> language, but the SPs in an interpreted language?
>
> No, because the application language was Perl5 for both.  I think it was
> just the overhead of 2 million inserts via procs versus 2 million inline
> inserts (without the proc overhead).

Interesting.  Does PG have to initiate the Perl interpreter every
time you call a Perl-written SP?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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