TIMING

Enables or disables simple request round-trip timing, as measured on the current CQL shell session.

To start, use TIMING ON. To stop, use TIMING OFF. If run without arguments, the command shows the current timing status.

Synopsis

TIMING [ ON | OFF ]

ON: Enables round-trip timing for all further requests.
OFF: Disables timing.

Example

Enable timing:

TIMING ON;

Now Timing is enabled

Perform a query:

SELECT *
FROM cycling.race_times;

 race_name                   | race_time | cyclist_name
-----------------------------+-----------+--------------
 17th Santos Tour Down Under |  19:15:18 | Rohan DENNIS
 17th Santos Tour Down Under |  19:15:20 | Richie PORTE
 17th Santos Tour Down Under |  19:15:38 |  Cadel EVANS
 17th Santos Tour Down Under |  19:15:40 | Tom DUMOULIN

0.005996 seconds elapsed
(4 rows)

and notice that timing information is included.

Disable timing:

TIMING OFF;

Disabled timing.

TIMING

Synopsis

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