On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:58 PM, EXT-Rothermel, Peter M <Peter(dot)M(dot)Rothermel(at)boeing(dot)com> wrote: > Now I can give some feedback like your search matches 200,000 but was > limited to 1000 items. > Is there a better way to accomplish this goal? Here is a nice discussion on the alternatives open to you: http://www.commandprompt.com/blogs/joshua_drake/2007/08/how_many_rows_do_i_have_anyway/ -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug