Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696B21337B90 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 23:40:50 -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 11626-06 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:40:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324191337B67 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 23:40:43 -0400 (AST) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=UQuFHoD2CPQ248x8AXEbKhr4z9AaDqApxmEl3BhfZ64= c=1 sm=0 a=zW9YFhm3rZwA:10 a=JRZeEW2aRuwA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=RAii6je2cdnAH6ATCOpc6g==:17 a=_Ixf_7qHAAAA:8 a=8lEwFQYdsujQQP7DNmAA:9 a=BZzSSfqdKN3GLqVQkaCchP6zlukA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=ryAo9hy1-OkA:10 a=6vsjEBoLwlAA:10 a=0tfO7MgyNwYA:10 a=jmpjW72m_lM4wn6D:21 a=bspPLyZIh7Epo7k5:21 a=RAii6je2cdnAH6ATCOpc6g==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 74.73.87.196 Received: from [74.73.87.196] ([74.73.87.196:27863] helo=[192.168.1.100]) by hrndva-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 41/63-00963-A32D84D4; Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:40:43 +0000 Message-ID: <4D48D220.9030104@vmsinfo.com> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:40:16 -0500 From: Mladen Gogala Reply-To: mladen.gogala@vmsinfo.com Organization: VMS User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Samuel Gendler CC: Andrew Dunstan , Bruce Momjian , Tom Lane , "david@lang.hm" , Craig Ringer , Vitalii Tymchyshyn , "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again... References: <201102012247.p11Ml6u02682@momjian.us> <4D48914B.4050403@dunslane.net> <4D489AD1.1010105@vmsinfo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201102/19 X-Sequence-Number: 42157 Samuel Gendler wrote: > > > Don't listen to him. He's got an oracle bias. And bad sinuses, too. > Slashdot already announced that NoSQL is actually going to dominate > the world, so postgres has already lost that battle. Everything > postgres devs do now is just an exercise in relational masturbation. > Trust me. > I knew that there is some entertainment value on this list. Samuel, your point of view is very..., er, refreshing. Trust me. -- Mladen Gogala Sr. Oracle DBA 1500 Broadway New York, NY 10036 (212) 329-5251 www.vmsinfo.com