Re: (another ;-)) PostgreSQL-derived project ...

From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
To: Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: (another ;-)) PostgreSQL-derived project ...
Date: 2011-09-25 15:22:23
Message-ID: 6B911406-3C8D-4753-AFEC-D6BD5713A772@elevated-dev.com
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On Sep 25, 2011, at 2:11 AM, Albretch Mueller wrote:

> For what exactly? Isn't a comparison on 4 numeric bytes (1 (or 1/2)
> word in modern hardware) more efficient than comparing sequences of
> string characters?

What on earth makes you think the db engine compares numbers as strings???

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