Re: [GENERAL] Yet Another (Simple) Case of Index not used

Added to TODO:

    * Consider using MVCC to cache count(*) queries with no WHERE
      clause

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dennis Gearon wrote:
> > from mysql manual:
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > "COUNT(*) is optimized to return very quickly if the SELECT retrieves from one
> > table, no other columns are retrieved, and there is no WHERE clause. For example:
> >
> > mysql> select COUNT(*) from student;"
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > A nice little optimization, maybe not possible in a MVCC system.
>
> I think the only thing you can do with MVCC is to cache the value and
> tranaction id for "SELECT AGG(*) FROM tab" and make the cached value
> visible to transaction id's greater than the one that executed the
> query, and invalidate the cache every time the table is modified.
>
> In fact, don't clear the cache, just record the transaction id of the
> table modification command so we can use standard visibility routines to
> make the cache usable as long as possiible.
>
> The cleanest way would probably be to create an aggregate cache system
> table, and to insert into it when someone does an unqualified aggregate,
> and to delete from it when someone modifies the table --- the MVCC tuple
> visibility rules are handled automatically.  Queries can look in there
> to see if a visible cached value already exists. Of course, the big
> question is whether this would be a big win, and whether the cost of
> upkeep would justify it.
>
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