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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: andrew@pillette.com
Cc: James DeMichele <James.DeMichele@redfin.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Simple select, but takes long time
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:44:14 -0500
Message-ID: <1636.1200116654@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200801120537.m0C5bTJ18551@pillette.com>
References: <200801120537.m0C5bTJ18551@pillette.com>

andrew@pillette.com writes:
> MySQL is using some sort of auto-clustering ISAM on the other box mayhaps?

I think they probably count the index entries without ever visiting the
table proper.  Works great for mainly-static data ...

			regards, tom lane



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