X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4549FA7B6 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:22:25 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26937-01 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:22:10 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 604C89FA6B3 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:22:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([71.246.250.238]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J1H0071BKLV2DQ6@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:20:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19DC86E917 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:20:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osgiliath.home.mathom.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id BMBRlvi9CbDn for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:20:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2A3416E8FC; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:20:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:20:14 -0400 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: Some performance numbers, with thoughts In-reply-to: <1151350415.2479.66.camel@localhost.localdomain> To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-followup-to: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20060626212013.GD9742@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mathom.us X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 References: <44973CC6.20309@janestcapital.com> <1151350415.2479.66.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200606/476 X-Sequence-Number: 19833 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. Mike Stone