MySQL has posted a very interesting comparison on their website. It appears to be a reasonably fair evaluation. PostgreSQL was faster than MySQL in some areas and MySQL was faster than PostgreSQL in most areas.
For speed with all of that functionality, I'd be more inclined to look at DB2 rather than MSSQL since DB2 actually has security. :-) Curtis On Monday 14 July 2003 09:35, Jim Smith wrote: > >> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with > >> >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the > >> > >> speed is also > >> > >> >very important issue. > >> > >> You might have to spend money! > > > >You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as > >fast as MySQL ? > > I don't know, but if there is, it is one you will have to pay for. > In any case, speed is as much a matter of application design as a DBMS > characteristic. > > As a minor side issue, we did some _very limited_ testing with MS SQLServer > 2000 using unicode v ascii queries. Using unicode, queries tended to run at > about half the speed compare to using ascii. > This was client server, so it is likely that the increased network traffic > is to blame, but bear it it mind. > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
