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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL |
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Last updated: Tue Sep 9 18:42:51 EDT 2003 |
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Last updated: Fri Oct 3 21:39:47 EDT 2003 |
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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PostgreSQL has performance similar to other commercial and open |
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source databases. it is faster for some things, slower for |
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others. In comparison to MySQL or leaner database systems, we |
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are slower on inserts/updates because of transaction overhead. |
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Of course, MySQL does not have any of the features mentioned in |
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the Features section above. We are built for reliability and |
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features, though we continue to improve performance in every |
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release. There is an interesting Web page comparing PostgreSQL |
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to MySQL at http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html |
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are faster for multiple users, complex queries, and a |
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read/write query load. MySQL is faster for SELECT queries done |
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by a few users. Of course, MySQL does not have any of the |
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features mentioned in the Features section above. We are built |
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for reliability and features, though we continue to improve |
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performance in every release. There is an interesting Web page |
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comparing PostgreSQL to MySQL at |
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http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html |
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Reliability |
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We realize that a DBMS must be reliable, or it is worthless. We |
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