Benchmark: timing 10000 iterations of query_dbh, query_mem... query_dbh: 6 wallclock secs ( 3.87 usr + 0.92 sys = 4.79 CPU) @ 2087.68/s (n=10000) query_mem: 6 wallclock secs ( 2.51 usr + 1.23 sys = 3.74 CPU) @ 2673.80/s (n=10000)