[GENERAL] Question reagarding serial type.

2000-06-13 Thread Mirko Geffken
Hi, i have tried to find info elsewhere, but did not find anything to my satisfaction, so I was wondering if anyone on this list could point me into the right direction. When I create a table e.g.: create table xyz ( idserial PRIMARY KEY, uvw varchar2(100) ); I would like to get the

[GENERAL] Performance of PostgreSQL vs. Other DBs

2000-06-14 Thread Mirko Geffken
Hi, I am currently trying to sell the usefulness of PostgreSQL to my company (A consulting firm). I need a couple convincing arguments. One thing that I was unable to find good comparisons of is performance of PostgreSQL vs. Others (Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase). Does anyone have any benchmarks

[GENERAL] SQL Server Question (Way OFF TOPIC SORRY)

2000-07-05 Thread Mirko Geffken
Hi, I know this is way off topic (with this being a PostgreSQL mailing list), but I couldn't find one. Does anyone know of a SQL Server mailing list. In case anybody knows the answer here, here is my question: I want to insert into a table with an identity field and get the identity field's val