Subject Re: firebird 3.0 ten times slower than 2.5 ?
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---In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, <michkurc@...> wrote :

> In my box in isql mode ( win7_x64, dedicated ssd drive for databases)
> default db configuration
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>
is still difference between 2.5 and 3.0:for select first 1000000 *
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(now over 100% of time fb 2.5)
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//2.5
>
SQL> select count(*) from t1;
...
> Elapsed time= 4.44 sec
Buffers = 2048
Reads = 37865
...
>
SQL> select first 1000000 * from t1 order by id desc;
...
> Elapsed time= 22.34 sec
>
Buffers = 2048
>
Reads = 37869
...

>
// 3.0
...
> Elapsed time= 5.143 sec
>
Buffers = 2048
>
Reads = 80764
...
> SQL> select first 1000000 * from t1 order by id desc;
...
> Elapsed time= 55.905 sec
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Buffers = 2048
>
Reads = 80701

 
  It is strange that FB3 reads 2 times more than FB2.5. You show that page size is the same in
both databases (16KB). What about charset of varchar field ? gstat -r also could be useful to see.

Regards,
Vlad