Re: Time to put theory to the test?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: J Sisson <sisson(dot)j(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Rob Wultsch <wultsch(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Time to put theory to the test?
Date: 2011-04-26 15:51:17
Message-ID: 7811.1303833077@sss.pgh.pa.us
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J Sisson <sisson(dot)j(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Granted, my knowledge of PostgreSQL (and even MSSQL) far surpasses my
> knowledge of MySQL, but if InnoDB has such amazing benefits as being
> crash safe, and even speed increases in some instances, why isn't
> InnoDB default?

It *is* default in the most recent versions (5.5 and up). They saw
the light eventually. I wonder whether being bought out by Oracle
had something to do with that attitude adjustment ...

regards, tom lane

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