Re: Postgresql mentioned on Newsforge MySQL article

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tony Caduto <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Postgresql mentioned on Newsforge MySQL article
Date: 2006-08-28 22:34:44
Message-ID: 200608290034.45240.peter_e@gmx.net
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> I'm wondering if the source code is available.

http://www.heise.de/ct/dbcontest/teilnehmer.shtml

> My guess is it was full of MySQLisms and the postgresql "port" was
> written without indexes, no transactions, and relied on running
> dozens of queries that postgresql could have more efficiently done in
> one query or in one transaction at least.

Your guess is wrong.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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