Scott Goldstein <sgoldstein(at)apache(dot)org> writes:
> I'm currently trying to make a decision on whether to use the Cygwin port of Postgres 7.4 or Postgres 8.0 for a windows installation. Can someone provide some comparison info from a performance point of view? I was thinking that the Cygwin port has the overhead of the translation layer, but 8.0 is a newer product and may still have performance issue. Can anyone comment on this?
Well, the performance issues of the cygwin-based releases are the stuff
of legend ;-). New product or no, this is really a no-brainer.
regards, tom lane