Re: Slow count(*)

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: "Abraham, Danny" <danny_abraham(at)bmc(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Slow count(*)
Date: 2008-01-02 18:12:47
Message-ID: 1199297567.7260.161.camel@ebony.site
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On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 09:29 -0600, Abraham, Danny wrote:

> Our product is about 20 times slower on Postgres compared to MS SQL
> Server.

If you want to have a cross-platform product then you must consider how
to access multiple systems both accurately and quickly. Not much point
catering for the different SQL dialects and then ignoring the
performance differences. All products are not the same; you will find
many advantages with Postgres.

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Simon Riggs
2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com

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