On 5/14/05 1:19 AM, "Dan Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken.... > > Pardon me for jumping in here. > > WHile I think it has been generally true that PostgreSQL is actually > a bit faster than MySQL in apples-to-apples comparisons, the fact is > that so much of the speed of a relational database is a function of > how well designed the tables are, how many complex joins are involved > in the application built on them, and other stuff that isn't really > native to the DB engines, I'm not sure a fair comparison that is > universally true can be made. > > FWIW, one of the best and fairly objective comparisons I've seen is at: > > http://www-css.fnal.gov/dsg/external/freeware/pgsql-vs-mysql.html Cool link, Dan! Here's another one that also includes the source code of the tests used: http://monstera.man.poznan.pl/wiki/index.php/Mysql_vs_postgres Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
