Re: Improving count(*)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Improving count(*)
Date: 2005-11-18 00:17:15
Message-ID: 25519.1132273035@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> From here, another proposal. We have a GUC called count_uses_estimate
> that is set to off by default. If set to true, then a count(*) will use
> the planner logic to estimate number of rows in the table and return
> that as the answer, rather than actually count the row.

Ugh. Why not just provide a function to retrieve the planner estimate,
but *not* call it count(*)? It would fit nicely with the contrib/dbsize
stuff (or I should say, the stuff formerly in dbsize...)

regards, tom lane

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