Re: count * performance issue

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, sathiya psql wrote:

> is there any article saying the difference between this 7.3 and 8.4

I've collected a list of everything on this topic I've seen at
http://www.postgresqldocs.org/index.php/Version_8.3_Changes

The Feature Matrix linked to there will be a quicker way to see what's
happened than sorting through the release notes.

None of these changes change the fact that getting an exact count in this
situation takes either a sequential scan or triggers.

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