Adam Palmblad wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We've got a C function that we use here and we find that for every
> connection, the first run of the function is much slower than any
> subsequent runs. ( 50ms compared to 8ms)

That is fairly standard because the data will be cached.

>
> Besides using connection pooling, are there any options to improve
> performance?

Not that I know of but then again I am not a C programer.



>
> By the way, we are using pg version 8.1.3.
>
> -Adam
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