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Re: how to fix problem then when two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to complete then if run in sequence

Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>

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From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Miernik <public@public.miernik.name>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2008-07-31T09:45:20Z
Lists: pgsql-performance 
Miernik wrote:
> Theo Kramer <theo@flame.co.za> wrote:
>> file `which psql`
>> /usr/bin/psql: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1  
>> (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9,  
>> stripped
> 
> miernik@tarnica:~$ file `which psql`
> /usr/bin/psql: symbolic link to `../share/postgresql-common/pg_wrapper'
> miernik@tarnica:~$ file /usr/share/postgresql-common/pg_wrapper
> /usr/share/postgresql-common/pg_wrapper: a /usr/bin/perl -w script text executable

That's not psql though, that's Debian's wrapper around it which lets you 
install multiple versions of PostgreSQL on the same machine. Might be 
worth bypassing it and calling it directly.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd