On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 21:39, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have updated the FAQ to be:
>
> In comparison to MySQL or leaner database systems, we are
> faster for multiple users, complex queries, and a read/write query
> load. MySQL is faster for SELECT queries done by a few users.
>
> Is this accurate? It seems so.
May wish to say ... for simple SELECT queries ...
Several left outer joins, subselects and a large number of joins are
regularly performed faster in PostgreSQL due to a more mature optimizer.
But MySQL can pump out SELECT * FROM table WHERE key = value; queries in
a hurry.
I've often wondered if they win on those because they have a lighter
weight parser / optimizer with less "lets try simplifying this query"
steps or if the MYISAM storage mechanism is simply quicker at pulling
data off the disk.