Re: Performance question - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Performance question
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Msg-id 29762.1014736504@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Performance question  (Brian McCane <bmccane@mccons.net>)
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Brian McCane <bmccane@mccons.net> writes:
> Since I am using a strict alphabet like this, would it be faster to build
> PostgreSQL without Multibyte support?  Or has the indexing, etc. been
> optimized so much for multibyte that it is actually faster than single
> byte stuff?

A non-multibyte build will certainly be faster than a multibyte build.
How much is hard to say, especially without any specific operation mix
in mind.  We'd be interested to hear what sort of results you get ...

            regards, tom lane

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