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@ 2002-10-08 15:33 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Josh Berkus @ 2002-10-08 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>; pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Ron, Shridhar,
Maybe I missed something on this thread, but can either of you give me
an example of a real database where the PostgreSQL approach of "all
strings are TEXT" versus the more traditional CHAR implementation have
resulted in measurable performance loss?
Otherwise, this discussion is rather academic ...
-Josh Berkus
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* Re: CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT (Was Large Databases)
@ 2002-10-08 17:42 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
parent: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Ron Johnson @ 2002-10-08 17:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 10:33, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Ron, Shridhar,
>
> Maybe I missed something on this thread, but can either of you give me
> an example of a real database where the PostgreSQL approach of "all
> strings are TEXT" versus the more traditional CHAR implementation have
> resulted in measurable performance loss?
??????
> Otherwise, this discussion is rather academic ...
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* Re: CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT (Was Large Databases)
@ 2002-10-08 22:44 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
parent: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
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From: Josh Berkus @ 2002-10-08 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>; pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Ron,
> > Maybe I missed something on this thread, but can either of you give me
> > an example of a real database where the PostgreSQL approach of "all
> > strings are TEXT" versus the more traditional CHAR implementation have
> > resulted in measurable performance loss?
>
> ??????
In other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
--
Josh Berkus
josh@agliodbs.com
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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* Re: CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT (Was Large Databases)
@ 2002-10-08 23:36 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
parent: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Josh Berkus @ 2002-10-08 23:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>; pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Ron,
> > > > Maybe I missed something on this thread, but can either of you give
> > > > me an example of a real database where the PostgreSQL approach of
> > > > "all strings are TEXT" versus the more traditional CHAR
> > > > implementation have resulted in measurable performance loss?
> > >
> > > ??????
> >
> > In other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
>
> Well, does Really Slow Performance qualify as "broke"?
That's what I was asking. Can you explain where your slow performance is
attibutable to the CHAR implementation issues? I missed that, if it was
explained earlier in the thread.
--
Josh Berkus
josh@agliodbs.com
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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