$ perl ./tux.pl # PostgreSQL 9.4devel_HEAD_20140502_2044_0717748 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.9.0, 64-bit prepare execute finish no where 0.00007 5.52991 0.02707 no where 0.00005 5.42172 0.03283 no where 0.00005 5.42320 0.03247 where 0=1 0.00005 0.00049 0.00000 where 0=1 0.00002 0.00013 0.00000 where 0=1 0.00002 0.00012 0.00000 #### use strict; use warnings; use DBI; use Time::HiRes qw/gettimeofday tv_interval/; my $dbh = DBI->connect or die "oops - $!\n"; print $dbh->selectrow_arrayref('select version()')->[0], "\n\n"; my $sql1 = "select * from foo"; my $sql2 = "select * from foo where 0 = 1"; print " prepare execute finish\n"; time_this( $dbh, $sql1, ' no where' ); time_this( $dbh, $sql1, ' no where' ); time_this( $dbh, $sql1, ' no where' ); print "\n"; time_this( $dbh, $sql2, 'where 0=1'); time_this( $dbh, $sql2, 'where 0=1' ); time_this( $dbh, $sql2, 'where 0=1' ); sub time_this { my ($dbh, $sql, $how) = @_; my $t0; $t0 = [gettimeofday]; my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql ); print $how, " "; printf(" %7.5f", tv_interval($t0 , [gettimeofday])); $t0 = [gettimeofday]; $sth->execute; printf(" %7.5f", tv_interval($t0 , [gettimeofday])); my @fld = @{$sth->{NAME}}; $t0 = [gettimeofday]; $sth->finish; printf(" %7.5f", tv_interval($t0 , [gettimeofday])); print "\n"; }