Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...

From: Ben Chobot <bench(at)silentmedia(dot)com>
To: Mladen Gogala <mladen(dot)gogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org Performance" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...
Date: 2011-02-03 22:04:06
Message-ID: 9ED07E3C-D1DF-4BC7-B0C4-8126578605A8@silentmedia.com
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On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Mladen Gogala wrote:

> So, I will have to go back on my decision to use Postgres and re-consider MySQL? I will rather throw away the effort invested in studying Postgres than to risk an unfixable application downtime. I am not sure about the world domination thing, though. Optimizer hints are a big feature that everybody else has and Postgres does not have because of religious reasons.

As always, you should use the tool you consider best for the job. If you think MySQL as both a product and a community has a better chance of giving you what you want, then you should use MySQL.

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