Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 308EF133740B for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:28:09 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22225-06 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:28:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF53B133655C for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:28:01 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p13HRsOM024766; Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:27:54 -0500 (EST) To: Mladen Gogala cc: Greg Smith , Robert Haas , Andrew Dunstan , Bruce Momjian , "david@lang.hm" , Craig Ringer , Vitalii Tymchyshyn , "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again... In-reply-to: <4D4AD9F6.6040903@vmsinfo.com> References: <201102012247.p11Ml6u02682@momjian.us> <4D48914B.4050403@dunslane.net> <4D489AD1.1010105@vmsinfo.com> <4D499E55.4020107@vmsinfo.com> <4D49A6B9.4060608@2ndquadrant.com> <4D49C482.4010707@vmsinfo.com> <4D49F0BA.9000901@2ndquadrant.com> <4D4A16BF.1020304@vmsinfo.com> <4D4A4844.3020409@2ndquadrant.com> <4D4AD9F6.6040903@vmsinfo.com> Comments: In-reply-to Mladen Gogala message dated "Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:38:14 -0500" Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:27:54 -0500 Message-ID: <24765.1296754074@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201102/88 X-Sequence-Number: 42226 Mladen Gogala writes: > Hints are not even that complicated to program. With all due respect, you don't know what you're talking about. regards, tom lane