In some tests I did, autoincremented primary keys did not produce sequential numbers. Of a 100 records inserted, I'd get anywhere between 102 and 110 as the highest index, but never the correct number...
cheers Balthasar Indermuehle Inside Systems GmbH http://www.inside.net "Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction." Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872 . -----Original Message----- From: Ali Sadik Kumlali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 09:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [sqlite] Is using max(rowid) instead of count(*) safe? Bert, Thanks a lot for this unexpectedly quick response :) Ali Sadik Kumlali --- Bert Verhees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ali Sadik Kumlali wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I am working with approximately 3.5 million rows data. As far as I > >see count(*) is very slow comparing with max(rowid). > > > >I wonder if I could use max(rowid) safely instead of count(*). Does > >rowid increments by 1 for each new row? > > > >Thanks a lot. > > > >Ali Sadik Kumlali > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > When you delete a row in between the rowid's will not be decremented, > so it is only save when you never delete a row > > Bert Verhees __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
