Range data types in PostgreSQL: speeding up queries

▤ Summary

This article compares Oracle and PostgreSQL performance on a range-based query workload and shows how PostgreSQL can be tuned to run faster. It explains how using PostgreSQL range types and GIST indexes can improve query speed versus a design based on separate start and end date fields with BETWEEN filtering. The article walks through the test setup, including Oracle 19 and PostgreSQL 15, and describes the benchmark conditions. It concludes that restructuring the schema and indexing strategy can significantly improve search performance in PostgreSQL.

▦ Linked Companies

Nexign

$100M to $250M