Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL

Just curious,

Is anyone keeping all of these links as an archive
possibly for the redesigned website ?

I know pgsql inc has a section with "news clippings" on it.

Jeff.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of scott.marlowe
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 4:30 PM
> To: George.T.Essig@stls.frb.org
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] MySQL vs. PostgreSQL
>
>
> An interesting talk back was posted to this article that parallels the
> experience of many folks with postgresql and mysql.
>
> http://phpbuilder.com/annotate/message.php3?id=1010522
>
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 George.T.Essig@stls.frb.org wrote:
>
> > Two years ago on phpbuilder.com, there was a performance
> comparison between
> > MySQL and PostgreSQL.  Tim Perdue  simulated load on various
> > sourceforge.net pages.  See:
> >
> > http://phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20001112.php3?print_mode=1
> >
> > George Essig
> >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:54:51 -0500
> > > From: Steve Lane <slane@fmpro.com>
> > > To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> > > Subject: Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL
> > > Message-ID: <B957959B.10424%slane@fmpro.com>
> > >
> > > Are there any current benchmarks showing postgres' performance against
> > other
> > > major dbs? I've only seen one, and I think it's a couple of years old.
> > Eweek
> > > profiled major commercial dbs and had mySQL as the open source
> > > representative. Not even a whisper about PgSQL. I'd love to see some
> > current
> > > numbers, just to fend off with a stick the people who keep
> asking me why
> > I
> > > don't use mySQL.
> > >
> > > -- sgl
> >
> >
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