If sorting in PHP is 4000% faster than sorting in the DB, then it's a failure of... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		jhaile on March 24, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Digg: 40x Performance Increase by Sorting in PHP R... If sorting in PHP is 4000% faster than sorting in the DB, then it's a failure of the DB. That shouldn't be the case.

jhaile on March 24, 2010 [–]

I guarantee that sorting in PostgreSQL is faster than doing it in PHP. MySQL is the problem, not databases in general.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact