"Jonah H. Harris" <jharris@tvi.edu> writes:
> Tom, Bruce, and others involved in this recurring TODO discussion�
> First, let me start by saying that I understand this has been discussed
> many times before; however, I�d like to see what the current state of
> affairs is regarding the possibility of using a unique index scan to
> speed up the COUNT aggregate.
It's not happening, because no one has come up with a workable proposal.
In particular, we're not willing to slow down every other operation in
order to make COUNT-*-with-no-WHERE-clause faster.
regards, tom lane
