On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 02:24:48AM +0000, Pedro B. wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 20:02 -0600, John Mohr wrote: > > But does anyone know if there is a quasi-categorical comparison of the > > two so that I could speak with more conviction other than "I know it's > > better". > > I've been involved in that comparison at work, and after some boring > theoretical discussions, i once turned to my CTO and said: > > "Do a test. On the same machine, do a script that executes 50.000 > inserts, OR any other 50.000 SQL operations you want, and benchmark the > results". My personal favorite: CREATE TABLE s(s smallint); INSERT INTO s VALUES(99999); SELECT * FROM t; Seeing what those 3 lines produce is MySQL is enough to convert 50% of people on the spot (after you tell them that *every* type in non-strict MySQL operates that way). -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
