From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Michael Stone <mstone+postgres@mathom.us>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Some performance numbers, with thoughts
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:12:50 +0100
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In-Reply-To: <20060626212013.GD9742@mathom.us>
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On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 17:20 -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 08:33:34PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> >of the SQL standard, so being unaware of them when using SQL is strange
> >to me.
>
> Welcome to the world of programs designed for mysql. You'll almost never
> see them batch inserts, take advantage of referential integrity, etc.
> You end up with lots of selects & inserts in loops that expect
> autocommit-like behavior because it doesn't matter in that world.
Yes, I suspected that was the case. I was interested in understanding
why anybody thought it was acceptable, and in what conditions that might
be the case. Brian's open approach has helped explain things for me.
--
Simon Riggs
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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