David J N Begley wrote:

>
> Given that the topic was mentioned here previously, someone asked if the more
> recent releases of the "open source" databases could be compared/benchmarked.
> In case you haven't already seen it, the following article has been posted to
> slashdot:
>
> Postgres Beats MySql, Interbase, And Proprietary DBs
>
> "An independent organization tested Postgres 7 vs. MySql, Interbase,
> and two leading commercial databases using the ANSI SQL Standard Scalable
> And Portable benchmark and found that Postgres was the clear winner."
>

It all looks a bit suspicious to me. The TPC tests show postgres neck and neck
with the two commercial dbms's. Nothing to shout about there, especially as we
dhon't know the identities.

As for the other tests - well, PostGres appears to leave everyone else in the
dust except mySQL which we know to not have txn control. What were the tests?
How much conflict resolution was there? PostGres just looks a little too good to
be believable, imo.

Paul
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Paul Reeves
Fleet River Software