Re: Inconsistent table rows with information_schema

2006-10-27 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 05:44 +0300, George-Cristian Bîrzan wrote: > On Saturday 28 October 2006 05:34, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > Hi, > > > > just wondering if there a quick way to determine the # of rows in a > > mysql table. > > > > I know I can do a count(*) but that would entail a table scan etc. >

Re: Inconsistent table rows with information_schema

2006-10-27 Thread George-Cristian Bîrzan
On Saturday 28 October 2006 05:34, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Hi, > > just wondering if there a quick way to determine the # of rows in a > mysql table. > > I know I can do a count(*) but that would entail a table scan etc. > > I found out that I can do the query into the information_schema table, > howe

Inconsistent table rows with information_schema

2006-10-27 Thread Ow Mun Heng
Hi, just wondering if there a quick way to determine the # of rows in a mysql table. I know I can do a count(*) but that would entail a table scan etc. I found out that I can do the query into the information_schema table, however, I don't get a consistent reading. executing it multiple times, I