Re: PEAR::DB is great but is sooooo SLOW !

There are many, many benchmarks done comparing PEAR::DB to PEAR::MDB to AdoDB, PEAR::DB is much slower than the native API, AdoDB is the fastest but least functional - I suggest you try PEAR::MDB2 http://pear.php.net/package/mdb2 once you get into it, you'll love it "Rainer müller" <mueller_rainer@gmx.de> wrote in message news:20040516110911.59603.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Greg wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've just performed a few tests when using PEAR::DB and > > the results weren't good at all. > > > > If I compare a script using PEAR::DB with a script using > > standard functions (and which supports mysql, pgsql and > > sqlite databases), the script using PEAR::DB is 10 times > > slower than the other. > > > > In one of my projects, it slows down execution time to > > 0,7 sec per page ! > > > > Conclusion : if you want to use PEAR::DB package, you'll > > probably will have to use cache systems for scripts that > > may be request often. > > > > Am I the only one annoying by this loss of performance ? > > Because this is a huge loss in that case ! > > > > Greg > > Remember, PEAR::DB also uses the standard functions, so I can't > understand, why it should be much slower. > > Rainer