Re: [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-10 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
David Griffiths wrote: Have you checked these pages? They've been posted on this list numerous times: http://techdocs.postgresql.org http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/annotated_conf_e.html Those are much more instructive

Re: [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-09 Thread Dennis Bjorklund
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, David Griffiths wrote: > > > "PostgreSQL supports constraints. MySQL doesn't; programmers need to > > > take care of that from the client side" > > > Again, InnoDB supports constraints. > > > > Really? This is news. We did some tests on constraints on InnoDB, and > > found t

Re: [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-09 Thread David Griffiths
> Thanks for being considerate, thourough, and honest about your opinions. > Particulary that you didn't simple depart in a huff. Why would I depart in a huff? I was just trying to make a few objective observations. I really have no biases; I like what I've seen in MySQL, and I like alot of the m

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-09 Thread Josh Berkus
Scott, > any chance of getting the perf.html file from varlena folded into the main > documentation tree somewhere? it's a great document, and it would > definitely help if the tuning section of the main docs said "For a more > thorough examination of postgresql tuning see this:" and pointed t

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-09 Thread scott.marlowe
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Josh Berkus wrote: > David Griffiths wrote: > > With regards to #1, I'd like to specifically mention tuning - the docs > > at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/runtime-config.html > > give a > > Have you

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-09 Thread Josh Berkus
Nick, > Josh- It would be great to have a link to those last two excellent resources > from the techdocs area- perhaps from the "optimizing" section in > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/oresources.php. Who should we suggest this > to? (I submitted these using the form in that area, but you may have

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-09 Thread Nick Fankhauser
> Have you checked these pages? They've been posted on this list numerous > times: > http://techdocs.postgresql.org > http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html > http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/annotated_conf_e.html > Josh- It would be great to have a link to

Re: [PERFORM] OFFTOPIC: PostgreSQL vs MySQL

2003-10-09 Thread Josh Berkus
David, Thanks for being considerate, thourough, and honest about your opinions. Particulary that you didn't simple depart in a huff. > 1) the MySQL docs are better (sorry - I found them easier to read, and > more comprehensive; I had an easier time finding the answers I needed) I can believe