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2 | 2 | Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL |
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4 | | - Last updated:Tue Sep 9 18:42:51 EDT 2003 |
| 4 | + Last updated:Fri Oct 3 21:39:47 EDT 2003 |
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6 | 6 | Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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340 | 340 | PostgreSQL has performance similar to other commercial and open |
341 | 341 | source databases. it is faster for some things, slower for |
342 | 342 | others. In comparison to MySQL or leaner database systems, we |
343 | | - are slower on inserts/updates because of transaction overhead. |
344 | | - Of course, MySQL does not have any of the features mentioned in |
345 | | - the Features section above. We are built for reliability and |
346 | | - features, though we continue to improve performance in every |
347 | | - release. There is an interesting Web page comparing PostgreSQL |
348 | | - to MySQL at http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html |
| 343 | + are faster for multiple users, complex queries, and a |
| 344 | + read/write query load. MySQL is faster for SELECT queries done |
| 345 | + by a few users. Of course, MySQL does not have any of the |
| 346 | + features mentioned in the Features section above. We are built |
| 347 | + for reliability and features, though we continue to improve |
| 348 | + performance in every release. There is an interesting Web page |
| 349 | + comparing PostgreSQL to MySQL at |
| 350 | + http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html |
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350 | 352 | Reliability |
351 | 353 | We realize that a DBMS must be reliable, or it is worthless. We |
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