Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0638C64FCE2 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:35:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24067-06 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:35:18 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2582264FCC4 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:35:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so1189570yxb.73 for ; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:35:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=WWnjYSQgoQNL4gBw2WEJDYtBXazNsdqN5C/82jOLfgc=; b=qb0EBMqrL6tH3ifwMEFf/9eoBqZD475iglxGPOk2R/v0Y9gznjGcFh87d8eLmL4mk/ MV0Br8VNI98IJlByCbRuSgb0C69j4eRg229uueqRDOF9Gvlbs4YnxLoBeC084SeABNIT zf+cJK3+IE20bu+Qeltn8vJSScuxfe/mgsmGg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Mx/1rzpBVPNxAStbsZSmJ6R6gkEr5I8yJkPDP+Mw6wYd++vpAx8TO/CNcetCQue+RK qYZfsSsTUS/Dff6mbsTNlU05Ddus5O0UF1U6qnC0ME1xzzEtbdgYmgmSeM7BaUZWeNMk ynU+Z0AM4xbrR6lVs6AnU7aayQsVwKIcpgXls= Received: by 10.103.244.19 with SMTP id w19mr11357173mur.68.1220974516243; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:35:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.102.247.18 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:35:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:35:16 -0400 From: "Merlin Moncure" To: Amber Subject: Re: PostgreSQL TPC-H test result? Cc: "Andrew Sullivan" , pgsql-general@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080909123947.GA59092@commandprompt.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200809/330 X-Sequence-Number: 137337 On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Amber wrote: > Yes, we don't care about the performance results, but we do care about the point that PostgreSQL can't give the correct results of TPC-H queries. PostgreSQL, at least in terms of the open source databases, is probably your best bet if you are all concerned about correctness. Do not give any credence to a vendor published benchmark unless the test is published and can be independently verifed. merlin