Bill,
> Ok, so maybe someone on this group will have a better idea. We have a
> database of financial information, and this has literally millions of
> entries. I have installed indicies, but for the rather computationally
> demanding processes we like to use, like a select query to find the
> commodity with the highest monthly or annual returns, the computer
> generally runs unacceptably slow. So, other than clustring, how could I
> achieve a speed increase in these complex queries?
Well, you can do this 2 ways:
1) you can pick out one query at a time, and send us complete information on
it, like Matt's really nice e-mail describes. People on this list will
help you troubleshoot it. It will take a lot of time, but no money.
2) You can hire a PG database expert. This will be much faster, but cost
you a lot of money.
>Is this better in mysql
> or postgresql?
Complex queries? Large databases? That's us. MySQL is obtimized for
simple queries on small databases.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco