From: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> |
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To: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Need help to decide Mysql vs Postgres |
Date: | 2005-06-06 17:01:23 |
Message-ID: | m34qcbbesc.fsf@knuth.cbbrowne.com |
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In the last exciting episode, ashah(at)tagaudit(dot)com (Amit V Shah) wrote:
>> I am all for postgres at this point, however just want to know why I am
>> getting opposite results !!! Both DBs are on the same machine
>
>> Why do you say "opposite results" ?
>
> Please pardon my ignorance, but from whatever I had heard, mysql was
> supposedly always faster than postgres !!!! Thats why I was so
> surprised !! I will definately post the "analyze query" thing by
> end of today ...
There is a common "use case" where MySQL(tm) using the "MyISAM"
storage manager tends to be quicker than PostgreSQL, namely where you
are submitting a lot of more-or-less serial requests of the form:
select * from some_table where id='some primary key value';
If your usage patterns differ from that, then "what you heard" won't
necessarily apply to your usage.
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