Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Postgresql runs like greased lightning. In some tests involving > 0.5 million records of a few K in size, it blew away MS SQL Server. > I think it was version 6. Postgresql runs well, although it does have > some limitations. ODBC was the main weakness I noticed. We're currently > deploying Oracle on a Debian server... > > Oracle is bloatware even by Microsoft standards. I can't comment on > speed yet.
Oracle's CEO, Larry Ellison, claims that if anyone can show that SQL Server is less than 100 times slower than Oracle, he'll give them a million dollars. See <URL:http://slashdot.org/articles/98/11/18/0837247.shtml>. I'm also planning on sticking the first page of the PDF at <URL:http://www2.software.ibm.com/news/news.nsf/n/cjig425nf2> up at the office somewhere. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ "Is there anyone who actually believes that USAicans are so modest or intellectually honest as to be unable to find someone to sue?" - Cameron Laird
