Re: Experiences with extensibility - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Experiences with extensibility
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Msg-id 47848095.5050202@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Experiences with extensibility  (Sim Zacks <sim@compulab.co.il>)
Responses count(*) and bad design was: Experiences with extensibility
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Sim Zacks wrote:

> We use postgresql because it is open source, we have in-house experience
> to deal with it so we don't have any extra support costs and we don't
> need the features that are offered in commercial products that
> PostGreSQL does not have. We also don't need the speed that commercial
> products offer that is missing in PostgreSQL.

I use PostgreSQL because it has a ton of features the closed source
products don't offer and is generally faster than the closed source
solutions.

Granted there are scenarios where others are FASTER (SELECT COUNT(*))
but I find that if you are doing those items, you normally have a weird
design anyway.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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