Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...

From: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Mladen Gogala <mladen(dot)gogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Maciek Sakrejda <msakrejda(at)truviso(dot)com>, "sthomas(at)peak6(dot)com" <sthomas(at)peak6(dot)com>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...
Date: 2011-02-04 03:40:31
Message-ID: 4D4B752F.6000605@2ndquadrant.com
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> Yes they're useful, but like a plastic bad covering a broken car window,
> they're useful because they cover something that's inherently broken.
>

Awesome. Now we have a car anology, with a funny typo no less.
"Plastic bad", I love it. This is real progress toward getting all the
common list argument idioms aired out. All we need now is a homage to
Mike Godwin and we can close this down.

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