Scott Marlowe, 17.05.2010 10:58:
Why on earth would anybody compare database performance using a command that
is usually executed only once in the lifetime of a database?
It's like saying "The car from manufacturer A is slower than the one from
manufacturer B, because it takes 1 second longer to start the engine..."
I refer you to this classic post on the subject:
http://www.mail-archive.com/pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg93043.html
Nice one :)
That reminds me of a "fun" car test in a German car magazine some years ago.
They were comparing the cheapest and the most expensive car from the Fiat group:
a Fiat 127 (similar to a Fiat 500 nowadays) against a Ferarri Testarossa.
The first test was to get 3 people from Munich to Augsburg (approx. 70km), the Ferarri lost with about 30 minutes difference because it had to drive two times ;)
Regards
Thomas
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