Re: AW: [HACKERS] Really slow query on 6.4.2

On 25 Mar 1999 geek+@cmu.edu wrote:

> Then <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> spoke up and said:
> > I'm not convinced that accurate stats are worth that cost, but I don't
> > know how big the cost would be anyway.  Anyone have a feel for it?
> 
> They are definitely *not* worth the cost.  Especially since no table
> will have the default 0 rows entry after a single vacuum analyze of
> that table.  Let's be honest: if you aren't interested in doing a
> vacuum, then really aren't interested in performance, anyway.

What I personally am not interested in is having to spend 20 minute per
day with a totally locked up database because I want my queries to be
faster, when there are other ways of doing it...

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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