Re: MySQL vs PG TPC-H benchmarks

From: "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>
To: Paul Thomas <paul(at)tmsl(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Nick Barr <nicky(at)chuckie(dot)co(dot)uk>, "pgsql-performance (at) postgresql (dot) org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: MySQL vs PG TPC-H benchmarks
Date: 2004-04-21 18:57:16
Message-ID: 4086C40C.5020703@zeut.net
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Paul Thomas wrote:

> Looks like he's using the default postgresql.conf settings in which
> case I'm not suprised at pg looking so slow. His stated use of foreign
> keys invalidates the tests anyway as MyISAM tables don't support FKs
> so we're probably seeing FK check overheads in pg that are simply
> ignore by MySQL. In an honest test, MySQL should be reported as
> failing those tests.

Either failures, or they should not have been using MyISAM, they should
have used the table format that supports FK's. This is just not apples
to apples.

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