Re: counting rows

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> i need to get a row count on a large table. it appears that
>   select count(*) from <table>;
> always does a table scan, whether i have an index or not, and that is too
> slow.


http://www.gtsm.com/oscon2003/findrows.html


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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
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