A while back someone answered a question I was running into - poor performance on count(*) from a table which is constantly growing. The answer was like looking at oracle's V$ table - and I could get a semi-current count. (I do not need the exact count - just checking to make sure the table is growing). Ozz -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general