X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54D1DA3E4 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:37:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14658-02 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:37:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.skype.net (mail.skype.net [195.215.8.149]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8374ADA3A2 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:37:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.skype.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 470984DE7E; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:37:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.41] (joltid-gw.joltid.org [195.50.194.24]) by mail.skype.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFDE24DE78; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:37:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [PERFORM] A Better External Sort? From: Hannu Krosing To: Ron Peacetree Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <25154967.1128532864650.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <25154967.1128532864650.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:37:36 +0300 Message-Id: <1128595056.8561.32.camel@fuji.krosing.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.008 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.008] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/258 X-Sequence-Number: 74117 On K, 2005-10-05 at 13:21 -0400, Ron Peacetree wrote: > First I wanted to verify that pg's IO rates were inferior to The Competition. > Now there's at least an indication that someone else has solved similar > problems. Existence proofs make some things easier ;-) > > Is there any detailed programmer level architectual doc set for pg? I know > "the best doc is the code", For postgres it is often "best doc's are in the code, in form of comments." -- Hannu Krosing