Re: slow result

am  Tue, dem 23.01.2007, um 11:34:52 +0100 mailte Laurent Manchon folgendes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a slow response of my PostgreSQL database 7.4 using this query below
> on a table with 800000 rows:
>
> select count(*)from tbl;

If i remember correctly, i saw this question yesterday on an other
list...


Answer:

Because PG force a sequencial scan. You can read a lot about this in the
archives. Here some links to explanations:

http://www.pervasive-postgres.com/instantkb13/article.aspx?id=10117&cNode=0T1L6L
http://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas.html#1_7
http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/49.php


Hope that helps, Andreas
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