From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2007-07-27T13:38:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Usage patterns and trusted libraries

David Rush wrote:
> Hi y'all,
> 
> This may end up being regarded as an incendiary posting, but it's not
> meant to be. This is just an observation from a relative Ruby (in
> general) and Rails (in particular) newb.

[snip]

Facts shouldn't be considered incendiary. I thought your account
sounded fair.

I'm not surprised that AR is slower than direct db access. I am
surprised if it is THAT much slower. But of course, you can do
direct db access in any language, including Ruby.

Direct access to the database probably isn't terribly railsy,
of course... but a factor of 700 slowdown is obviously
unacceptable.

And the fact that is such a large factor makes me think that
*something* must be wrong. I am sure this is not the typical
person's experience...


Hal