Would someone explain the Timing !!

eqasrawi

I ran a test for 10 seconds, yet I get results that some methods took 20 seconds. What's going on?
Details. The test was for an asp.net application. I tested locally on a laptop Pentium M, with 1G ram. (The laptop is connected to power)
Thanks

Brian Donahue

Hello,

Is the method recursive? There is a bit of an issue about that you'll find in the Profiler FAQ:

http://www.red-gate.com/products/ants_profiler/faq.htm

eqasrawi

I already looked at the FAQ. would you point the exact Questions.
I do have a recursive function, but there are business conditions that make it break. Would you say that the total time (displayed) to execute a recursive function = actual time * number of calls ?
Thanks
Emad

Brian Donahue

Hi,

Yes, but more like (Actual Time) ^ (# of calls)