| From: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Why Performance of SQL Query is *much* Slower in GUI PgAdmin |
| Date: | 2010-05-17 08:58:30 |
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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> Yan Cheng CHEOK, 17.05.2010 03:21:
>>
>> Recently, I try to introduce my friend to use PostgreSQL.
>>
>> However, he first impression is that. PostgreSQL is much slower
>> compared to MySQL. He realize he has to wait for 7 seconds, to create
>> a tmp database.
>>
>
> Why on earth would anybody compare database performance using a command that
> is usually executed only once in the lifetime of a database?
>
> It's like saying "The car from manufacturer A is slower than the one from
> manufacturer B, because it takes 1 second longer to start the engine..."
I refer you to this classic post on the subject:
http://www.mail-archive.com/pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org/msg93043.html
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