Re: PostgreSQL slammed by PHP creator

From: Simon_Kelly(at)moh(dot)govt(dot)nz
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General ML <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL slammed by PHP creator
Date: 2006-09-14 21:03:44
Message-ID: OF1FADD1CA.F8B6F60F-ONCC2571E9.007237D9-CC2571E9.007405F9@moh.govt.nz
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pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote on 15/09/2006 04:40:04 a.m.:

>
> > I wasn't able to find anything the "article" worth discussing. If you
> > give up A, C, I, and D, of course you get better performance- just
like
> > you can get better performance from a wheel-less Yugo if you slide it
> > down a luge track.
>
> I don't think a Yugo would give you better performance no matter what
> you do ;)

I found in my youth that a mini slides better on it roof than on it's
wheels.

As a comment on his points though, isn't it better to use the right tool
for the job rather than try to force one tool to do everything? I've
never used a hammer to put in a screw.

I don't use what is basically a web page generator to improve the
performance of my database.

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