Re: One or more processor ?

From: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com>
To: johnnnnnn <john(at)phaedrusdeinus(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: One or more processor ?
Date: 2003-10-10 17:26:40
Message-ID: 3F86EBD0.3050609@potentialtech.com
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johnnnnnn wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 12:42:04PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
>
>>4) It simply isn't practical to expect a single query to
>> execute on multiple processors simultaneously.
>>
>>Do you know of any RDBMS that actually will execute a single query
>>on multiple processors?
>
> Yes, DB2 will do this if configured correctly. It's very useful for
> large, complicated queries that have multiple subplans.

I expected there would be someone who did (although I didn't know for
sure).

Is DB2 the only one that can do that?

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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