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From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: select count(*) from a large table is very slow
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In response to select count(*) from a large table is very slow  (Jessica Richard <rjessil@yahoo.com>)
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On 5/18/07, Jessica Richard <rjessil@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a ~30 milliow row table, select count(*) from this table is very very
> very slow...

Yes, see the topic "Much Ado about COUNT(*)"

> How dow I get it run faster?

Unfortunately, aside from reducing the size of the table, you can't.

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