On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Chris Tyler <chris(a)tylers.info> wrote:
(Investigations into PostgreSQL being insanely brain-dead continue.
Example: query strategy for "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM FOO;" involves a
"Sequential scan over 1496312 records." Srsly?)
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Slow_Counting
Short answer: upgrade to 9.2.
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Jeff Ollie