On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 07:06 +0530, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> You were half right. Inserts in PostgreSQL perform similar to other
> databases (or at least, use similar mechanisms). It's the updates
> that suffer, because this translates to delete + insert essentially.
> Databases that use simple locking strategies can simply update the
> record in place.
I think in some databases that use locking, an INSERT can actually block
a SELECT, and vice-versa. So wouldn't that mean PostgreSQL MVCC is
better for INSERT performance?
Regards,
Jeff Davis
