Bernhard Holzmayer wrote: >Timothy Smith wrote: > > > >>i'm using pypgsql >> >> > >Assuming you work with PostgreSQL, then: >You know the EXPLAIN command? > >EXPLAIN will give you a very accurate estimation for the expense for the >query. >(You'll have to find out what cost means in terms of your progress.) > >I did never try this using pypgsql, but if it works, this might be your >solution... > >The precision of EXPLAIN, however, depends on the modifications since the >last time you ran VACUUM on the DB. >If the size of tables or indices didn't suffer considerable changes since >then, the estimation should be quite accurate. > >Bernhard > > >
i've never heard of pypgsql supporting andthing like that, but i'll have a look -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
