On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > It's the "lobotomized engines" that are the problem, IMO --- people > coming from databases like mysql tend to think count(*) just means > reading a table size counter that the engine has anyway.
This is probably a much less common misconception than formerly, due to the rise of InnoDB and the falling-out-of-favor experienced by MyISAM. I think some pessimism removal is probably warranted. Yeah, somebody else might be faster than us on this test, but that's probably true of many tests. And on others we will be faster than them. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
