On 1/14/05 12:47 PM, "Frank D. Engel, Jr." <fde101@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's probably too messy to be worthwhile this > way, though. More trouble than it would be worth. It would be rather useful if there was a way to get a reasonably accurate count (better than analyze provides) in a very short period. When you've got a relatively wide table that has hundreds of millions to over a billion rows, and you need to report on how many rows in the table, that can take a long time. Wes ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
