Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

2001-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Fred Ingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PostgreSQL pinndex_seq 8 pinndx 7,856 pinndx_pkey 6,984 parent_ndx 6,952 tagpath_ndx 5,552 tagname_ndx 5,560 atrname_ndx 5,696 pinnum_ndx 6,160

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

2001-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Fred Ingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After dropping and recreating the indexes I have (in KB): Ah, that's more like it. So, it appears that I am running into the pathological case. Actually, a simpler explanation would be if you'd done a bunch of updates and/or deletes at some point.

RE: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

2001-04-27 Thread Fred Ingham
] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question Did you see the FAQ items on estimating database sizes? Does MySQL have less overhead per row? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

2001-04-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
Did you see the FAQ items on estimating database sizes? Does MySQL have less overhead per row? [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] To all, Before I begin, this is NOT a PostgreSQL verses mySQL post. I have used both databases and have found both of these products to be

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

2001-04-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
, depending on the number of set members (64 members maximum) Fred -Original Message- From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

RE: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

2001-04-27 Thread Fred Ingham
, depending on the number of set members (64 members maximum) Fred -Original Message- From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question Did you