Re: select count(*) performance (vacuum did not help)

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Gábor Farkas wrote:
>>
>> if i do a full vacuum to that table only, will the database still serve
>> data from the other tables at a normal speed?
>
> Yes. The extra I/O load vacuum full generates while it's running might
> disrupt other activity, though.
>

i see.

will i achieve the same thing by simply dropping that table and
re-creating it?

gabor