Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-15 Thread Curtis Maurand
MySQL has posted a very interesting comparison on their website. It appears to be a reasonably fair evaluation. PostgreSQL was faster than MySQL in some areas and MySQL was faster than PostgreSQL in most areas. For speed with all of that functionality, I'd be more inclined to look at DB2 rat

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-15 Thread Alexey Borzov
Hi! First of all, if I decide to benchmark MySQL vs. PostgreSQL with my application, PostgreSQL will probably be faster. That does not mean that MySQL is "generally" slower or that I *want* it to look slower. That just means 1) I have no experience in tuning MySQL 2) My application was built wi

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Joel Rees
> As a minor side issue, we did some _very limited_ testing with MS SQLServer > 2000 using unicode v ascii queries. Using unicode, queries tended to run at > about half the speed compare to using ascii. > This was client server, so it is likely that the increased network traffic > is to blame, but

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Joel Rees
> > If maximum speed is critical. > > > > It's easy to lose sight of the fact that speed is not the > > only criterion > > in choosing a DBMS. Features, stability, security, and so on can be > > just as important or more so. No single DBMS is going to win all the > > prizes; the trick is to

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSql -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Robson Oliveira
same environment and network conditions, mainly, using IPv6 network protocol. Robson - Original Message - From: "Andy Eastham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mysql List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 2:12 PM Subject: RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSql -- speed

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSql -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Andy Eastham
ubject: Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test > > > >> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with > >> >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the > >> speed is also > >> >very important issue. > >>

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Robson Oliveira
>> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with >> >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the >> speed is also >> >very important issue. >> >> You might have to spend money! >> >> >You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as >fast as

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Jim Smith
>> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with >> >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the >> speed is also >> >very important issue. >> >> You might have to spend money! >> >> >You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as >fast as

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Marek Lewczuk
> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with > >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the > speed is also > >very important issue. > > You might have to spend money! > > You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as fast as MySQL

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Jim Smith
>> If maximum speed is critical. >> >> It's easy to lose sight of the fact that speed is not the >> only criterion >> in choosing a DBMS. Features, stability, security, and so on can be >> just as important or more so. No single DBMS is going to win all the >> prizes; the trick is to find th

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Leisy Gamez Torrecilla
Very smart your opinion, I agree at all with you. -Mensaje original- De: Bruce Feist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Monday, July 14, 2003 5:37 AM Para: MySQL List Asunto: Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test Marek Lewczuk wrote: >For everyone who thinks about moving from My

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Marek Lewczuk
> > which PostgreSQL version have you testet? If you want compare > MySQL and > PostgreSQL, than you have to use InnoDB tables. Tests with > MyISAM make no > sense. Out J2EE Application is working woth PostgreSQL 7.3.3 > and MySQL > 4.0.13 with InnoDB tables (we need transactions and > refe

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Marek Lewczuk
> If maximum speed is critical. > > It's easy to lose sight of the fact that speed is not the > only criterion > in choosing a DBMS. Features, stability, security, and so on can be > just as important or more so. No single DBMS is going to win all the > prizes; the trick is to find the one

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Bruce Feist
Marek Lewczuk wrote: For everyone who thinks about moving from MySQL to PostgreSQL I have a realy bad news - It's not worth. That's a bit of an overstatement! Why, You may ask... A few days ago I have installed and tested PostgreSQL, becouse I realy need UTF-8 support and subselects. I thought

MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Marek Lewczuk
Hello group, For everyone who thinks about moving from MySQL to PostgreSQL I have a realy bad news - It's not worth. Why, You may ask... A few days ago I have installed and tested PostgreSQL, becouse I realy need UTF-8 support and subselects. I thought that PostgreSQL will be as good as MySQL but a