Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL

From: Christopher Weimann <cweimann(at)k12hq(dot)com>
To: Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>
Cc: builder <sarah(dot)fraser(at)cnet(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL
Date: 2002-07-15 22:33:19
Message-ID: 20020715183318.B39690@mail.k12us.com
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On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 04:52:11PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
>
> For some definition of "useful." You say in your table that postgres
> is slower. How did you measure this?
>

In my personal experiance PostgreSQL runs circles around MySQL.
Specifically MySQL makes lousy choices about which indexes to
use and requires me to give it hints. PostgreSQL just works.

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