Database suggestions?

[Ken Ray]

On 5/14/05 1:19 AM, "Dan Shafer" <revdan at danshafer.com> 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: kray at sonsothunder.com