Re: "select count(*) from contacts" is too slow!

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, nolan@celery.tssi.com wrote:
>> MySQL can tell you from it's index because it doesn't care if it gives you the
>> right number or not.
>
> Under what circumstances would MySQL give the wrong number?

It would give the wrong number under _every_ circumstance where there
are uncommitted INSERTs or DELETEs.
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