Re: PostgreSQL a slow DB? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PostgreSQL a slow DB?
Date
Msg-id 200604131313.k3DDD6Q05741@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL a slow DB?  ("Relaxin" <me@yourhouse.com>)
List pgsql-novice
My point was that:

    >> slowest I am thinking where there is smoke there's fire.

is not a valid method of analysis.

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Relaxin wrote:
> That doesn't really help anwser the question...
> The developers in our office (and myself) are also under the impression that
> PG is a very slow database.
> Also when you look thru the "performance" newsgroup, it seems to me that
> what people are saying is true.
>
> So instead of being a jerk to those of us who are a "novice" to PG, how
> about giving some concrete answers to these performance questions.
>
>
> > ebcorder@rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> >>
> >> I know when comparison tests are performed they can be tilted on these
> >> internet sites.  But I see so many people declaring PostgreSQL to be the
> >> slowest I am thinking where there is smoke there's fire.
>
> "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote in message
> news:200604090338.k393c8G09848@candle.pha.pa.us...
> >
> > Lots of people still think Elvis is alive.  :-)
> >
> > --
> >  Bruce Momjian   http://candle.pha.pa.us
> >
>
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