Nic
> ya sure? Especially on the first and last counts?
Prob as sure as you are on IB. There has been a bit of barny recently re
PostgreSQL WAL (write ahead logging) interferrring or being interferred with
(performance wise) with the Linux jounalling file system so you could say it
it overly fault tolerant
> are blown out of the water by MSSQL, Oracle, Informix etc.
Hmm, Wheres DB2 (and didn't IBM just buy Informix?) and isn't MSSQL single
platform
(Unless you count all variantions of Windows as a platform)
Basically leaves DB2 and Oracle (stangely the drivers that always seem to
ship with Enterprise -:)
Neven
----- Original Message -----
From: Nic Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 11 June 2001 14:34
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL
> > My point was a "single Swallow does not a summer make"...
>
> Very true.
>
> > My opinion is that amongst the open source DB's PostgreSQL is prob the
> > leader
>
> In some areas, yes, it is. Not in all of them, tho - and IMO, all OSS DB's
> are blown out of the water by MSSQL, Oracle, Informix etc.
>
> > As for your questions Yes, Not as yet, Yes, Yes
> >
> > > OK, so PGSQL outperforms Oracle in some tests - does it scale as well?
> Is
> > it
> > > as well supported and known in the industry? Does it run on as many
> > > platforms? Does it recover well if you pull the plug on the
machine....
> > (ok,
> > > so Oracle doesn't either, but IB does :) )
>
>
> ya sure? Especially on the first and last counts?
>
> N
>
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