From 5f0eb3fd8357c4504a135c3b11a68e89af0a2981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 01:39:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update MySQL mention.
---
doc/FAQ | 16 +++++++++-------
doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index 032a3c8cb6d..4e243551fd6 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Tue Sep 9 18:42:51 EDT 2003
+ Last updated: Fri Oct 3 21:39:47 EDT 2003
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -340,12 +340,14 @@
PostgreSQL has performance similar to other commercial and open
source databases. it is faster for some things, slower for
others. In comparison to MySQL or leaner database systems, we
- are slower on inserts/updates because of transaction overhead.
- Of course, MySQL does not have any of the features mentioned in
- the Features section above. We are built for reliability and
- features, though we continue to improve performance in every
- release. There is an interesting Web page comparing PostgreSQL
- to MySQL at http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html
+ are faster for multiple users, complex queries, and a
+ read/write query load. MySQL is faster for SELECT queries done
+ by a few users. Of course, MySQL does not have any of the
+ features mentioned in the Features section above. We are built
+ for reliability and features, though we continue to improve
+ performance in every release. There is an interesting Web page
+ comparing PostgreSQL to MySQL at
+ http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html
Reliability
We realize that a DBMS must be reliable, or it is worthless. We
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index 68b27448b45..289684452be 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Tue Sep 9 18:42:51 EDT 2003</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Fri Oct 3 21:39:47 EDT 2003</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@
<DD>PostgreSQL has performance similar to other commercial and
open source databases. it is faster for some things, slower for
others. In comparison to MySQL or leaner database systems, we are
- slower on inserts/updates because of transaction overhead. Of
+ faster for multiple users, complex queries, and a read/write query
+ load. MySQL is faster for SELECT queries done by a few users. Of
course, MySQL does not have any of the features mentioned in the
<I>Features</I> section above. We are built for reliability and
features, though we continue to improve performance in every
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