X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761689DC83D for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:32:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 90740-09 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:32:37 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.198]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3374D9DC82A for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:32:31 -0400 (AST) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id v1so170591nzb for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:32:35 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=a4AROPv1cshXKE6wgKzSrWywEj8K3OZxTAs8+D48gh5qlbM4JwKzDdyRmSPfzN3mgM0TM7Ih5DVLxUr4Vs/Sk5JVUvDC3W4XivO4xE+hLDT/wSOheGBEZ6WVq5KdLPgVBXXM8eBLHRt1wlcw5PSZEBBel5QHOMaXDLdFRx9NTyI= Received: by 10.65.230.4 with SMTP id h4mr716516qbr; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:32:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.233.17 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:32:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:32:34 +0000 From: Peter Childs To: Jay Greenfield Subject: Re: Postgres slower than MS ACCESS Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <200602152129.k1FLTpiO008671@timberline.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_18495_29586099.1140096754733" References: <24B89C42-C597-4571-8BD1-A89073C3C035@torgo.978.org> <200602152129.k1FLTpiO008671@timberline.ca> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.768 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.767, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001] X-Spam-Score: 0.768 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200602/245 X-Sequence-Number: 17231 ------=_Part_18495_29586099.1140096754733 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 15/02/06, Jay Greenfield wrote: > > > I've been vacuuming between each test run. > > Not vacuuming results in times all the way up to 121 minutes. For a > direct > comparison with Access, the vacuuming time with Postgres should really be > included as this is not required with Access. Hmm but then you would have to include Access Vacuum too I'll think you wil= l find "Tools -> Database Utils -> Compact Database" preforms a simular purpose and is just as important as I've seen many Access Databases bloat i= n my time. Peter Childs ------=_Part_18495_29586099.1140096754733 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline

On 15/02/06, Jay Greenfield <jag@ti= mberline.ca> wrote:

I've been vacuuming between each test run.

Not vacuuming results= in times all the way up to 121 minutes.  For a direct
compari= son with Access, the vacuuming time with Postgres should really be
inclu= ded as this is not required with Access.


Hmm but then you would have to include Access Vacuum too I'll think you will find "Tools -> Database Utils -> Compact Database" pre= forms a simular purpose and is just as important as I've seen many Access Databases bloat in my time.

Peter Childs

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