Re: Article on MySQL vs. Postgres

Way ahead of you :)


Ben and I are workign with Tim on this ... I've provided Ben with an
account on postgresql.org that he can use, with access to a v7.0 database
as well as web ... 



On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > > 
> > > Will you accept modifications to this if submit'd, to make better use of
> > > features that PostgreSQL has to improve performance?  Just downloaded it
> > > and am going to look her through, just wondering if it would be a waste of
> > > time for me to suggest changes though :)
> > 
> > If you can figure out an algorithm that shows these nested messages more
> > efficiently on postgres, then that would be a pretty compelling reason
> > to move SourceForge to Postgres instead of MySQL, which is totally
> > reaching its limits on our site. Right now, neither database appears
> > like it will work, so Oracle is starting to loom on the horizon.
> 
> All I can say is, "Yikes".  Let's see if we can help this guy.
> 
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