--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Olivier Mascia <om@t...>
wrote:

> Dear,
>
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:21:23 -0000,
> Alfred Seetoh wrote :
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > just wondering if anyone knows where I can see the FB 1.5
> > performance benchmark against FB 1.0 and other databases?

Recently I

> > conducted a simple test, and the results were quite surprising.
> >
> > Previously I had created a FB 1.0 database. Then I installed FB

1.5,

> > and created another database which is similar to the first one. I
> > created a Delphi application using IBX components. This

application

> > will insert 10,000 records into each database. It turns out that
> > inserting into FB 1.0 database is about 25% faster.
> >
> > Note: I'm using FB 1.5 engine in both tests.
>
> Check the sync-writes status of both databases.
> I suppose the one created with FB 1.0 has sync-writes disabled.
> While the one created with FB 1.5 should have them.
>
> It's better to have sync-writes enabled.
>

Pardon my ignorance, but how do I check the sync-writes status? I'm
using IB Expert personal edition for administration.

> --
> Best Regards,
> Olivier Mascia
> http://www.ibpp.org