> I have never used Oracle myself, nor have I read its license agreement, > but what if you didn't name Oracle directly? ie: > > TPS Database > ------------------------------- > 112 MySQL > 120 PgSQL > 90 Sybase > 95 "Other database that *may* start with a letter after N" > 50 "Other database that *may* start with a letter after L" > > As far as I know there are only a couple databases that don't allow you > to post benchmarks, but if they remain "unnamed" can legal action be > taken? > > Just like all those commercials on TV where they advertise: "Cleans 10x > better then the other leading brand".
Instead of measuring transactions/second, let's put everything in terms of transactions/dollar. This will make it quite easy to determine which database is which from the results. Since postgresql is free and would invalidate our test on mathematical terms, we will sub in the $19.99 price of a T-Shirt (http://www.sourcewear.com/) for the price of the database. TP$ Database ------------------------------- 25 A .5 B .01 C .001 D .00001 E Merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
