Re: SAP DB: The unsung Open Source DB

Good to learn PG, in fact, is faster than SAP DB. But how the figure 2.487 comes up? A single select statement or
somethingelse? 

--------- Original Message ---------

DATE: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:00:30
From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>, vwu98034@lycos.com
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org,Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc@mega-bucks.co.jp>

>On Thursday 24 July 2003 04:42, Mike Mascari wrote:
>> Vernon Smith wrote:
>> > The unknown is only in North American, but not in Europe.
>> > That is what I learnt more than a year ago. It has some
>> > advantagess over PG from on-line information. It is
>> > quicker than PG for one.
>>
>> No. PG is 2.5 times faster.
>>
>> See how easy it is for people to make unsubstantiated claims?
>
>Be fair Mike, it's actually 2.487 times faster
>
>Unsubstantiated claims should be implausibly accurate too ;-)
>
>--
>  Richard Huxton
>  Archonet Ltd
>
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