From: Dawid Kuroczko <qnex42@gmail.com>
To: Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>
Cc: Steve Wampler <swampler@noao.edu>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
Subject: Re: Make COUNT(*) Faster?
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:34:27 +0200
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On 7/8/05, Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca> wrote:
> Create 2 sequences, one for counting tuple additions and one for
> counting tuple deletions.
>
> When you INSERT a tuple, bump the "added" sequence (select nextval());
>
> When you DELETE a tuple, bump the "deleted" sequence (select nextval());
>
> To retrieve an approximate count, take the current value of both
> sequences (select directly -- don't use currval) and subtract the
> "deletes" from the "adds".
Never thought of that! Good idea. :-)
Regards,
Dawid
PS: There aren't any on ROLLBACK triggers, right? ;-)))
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