Simon Kröçer wrote:
> Reid Thompson:
>
>   
>>> Runs in 12-13 seconds -- entirely possible that the other box( p4,
>>> 2+ghz, 1GB ram, native ruby ) could drop it down under 10 seconds( or
>>> even this box, if I took cygwin out of the equation ).
>>>
>>> db =Og.setup(og_psql)
>>> t1= Time.now
>>> db.store.start
>>>
>>> 1.upto(10000)  { |i|
>>> c = Comment.new
>>> c.title = 'Hello'
>>> c.body = 'World'
>>> c.create_time = Time.now
>>> c.author = 'tml'
>>> c.save
>>> }
>>>
>>> db.store.commit
>>> puts  Time.now - t1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Upated athlon system to PostgreSQL 8.1.3
>> 8.78-9.2 seconds...
>>     
>
> As Ara said: "it's madness not to use sqlite" if you don't need the
> networking capabilities of MySQL or whatever.
>
> change DB to sqlite3:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> require 'sqlite3'
>
> File.delete("test.db") if File.exists?("test.db")
> db = SQLite3::Database.new("test.db")
> t1= Time.now
>
> db.execute("CREATE TABLE comments (title, body, create_time, author)")
>
> db.transaction do
>   1.upto(10000)  do
>     db.execute("insert into comments values ('Hello', 'World', ?, 'tml'
> )", Time.now)
>   end
> end
>
> puts  Time.now - t1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 1.5 seconds
>
> (Pentium M, 2.13GHz, 1GB RAM)
>
> cheers
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>   
agreed, if sqlite meets your needs, it would be the tool to use. IMO it 
is an exceptional piece of software for what it is designed to do.