On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 21:40:03 -0400 (EDT), Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Item 3 is the most controversial. Some say sum all tuple counts, i.e. >sum INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE. That just seems to messy to me. I think >summing only the matching tags has the highest probability of returning >a meaningful number.
[Trying to keep it short this time] I still believe that there is more than one correct answer; it just depends on what the dba intends. So I proposed a syntax change for letting the dba explicitly mark the statements she/he wants to affect tuple count and oid. -> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-09/msg00720.php Unfortunately I tried to summarize all other proposals and the mail got so long that nobody read it to the end :-( Servus Manfred ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster