Re: High update activity, PostgreSQL vs BigDBMS

Craig A. James wrote:
> The "idiom" to replace count() was
> "select col from tbl order by col desc limit 1".  It worked miracles for
> my app.

Sorry, I meant to write, "the idiom to replace MAX()", not count()...  MAX() was the function that was killing me, 'tho
count()also gave me problems. 

Craig