Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again... - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Jeremy Harris
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...
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Msg-id 4D4B4862.20203@wizmail.org
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-performance
On 2011-02-03 23:29, Robert Haas wrote:
> Yeah, but you'll be passing the entire table through this separate
> process that may only need to see 1% of it or less on a large table.

It doesn't sound too impossible to pass only a percentage, starting high
and dropping towards 1% once the loaded size has become "large".
--
Jeremy

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