On 20 June 2012 18:42, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> I'm sure Jeff submitted this because of the need for a standard test, >> rather than the wish to actually modify pgbench itself. >> >> Can I suggest that we include a list of standard scripts with pgbench >> for this purpose? These can then be copied alongside the binary when >> we do an install. > > I was thinking along similar lines myself. At the least, I think we > can't continue to add a short option for every new test type. > Instead, maybe we could have --test-type=WHATEVER, and perhaps that > then reads whatever.sql from some compiled-in directory. That would > allow us to sanely support a moderately large number of tests.
+1. As long as pgbench is considered to be the standard benchmarking tool (and I think that it is a general problem that it is), we ought to make an effort to give people more options. -- Peter Geoghegan http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
