Re: select count is too slow - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Did you vacuum your table after the delete?

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Kumar Anand <kumar.anand@merceworld.com> wrote:

Dear all,

I face this problem from last few days.

here is test2 table  with only one column id
erp_test=> \d test2
   Table "public.test2"
Column |  Type   | Modifiers
--------+---------+-----------
id     | integer |

I insert 10,000,000 entries in this table.
erp_test=> INSERT INTO test2 VALUES (generate_series(1,10000000));
INSERT 0 10000000

then i delete all the entries
erp_test=> delete from test2;
DELETE 10000000

and i insert only 10 entries
erp_test=> INSERT INTO test2 VALUES (generate_series(1,10));
INSERT 0 10

now i try to count no of rows in this table which take long time for this 10 rows only
(about 2-3 second)
erp_test=> SELECT count(*) from test2;
count
-------
  10
(1 row)

this is the output of explain analyze query of the same

erp_test=> EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT count(*) from test2;
                                                     QUERY PLAN                                                      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aggregate  (cost=198652.13..198652.14 rows=1 width=0) (actual time=2123.471..2123.472 rows=1 loops=1)
 ->  Seq Scan on test2  (cost=0.00..169732.70 rows=11567770 width=0) (actual time=2123.454..2123.454 rows=10 loops=1)
Total runtime: 2123.609 ms
(3 rows)


can any one  solve my problem to speed up my select count query.

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Thanks & Regards
Kumar Anand

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