There is no guarantee that it always gets the correct result. For example, we insert 10 records and then delete 2 of them. If the 2 records does not hold the maximum id, the result is not correct.
________________________________ From: jesuscheung <jesusche...@hotmail.com> To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 3:41:54 AM Subject: Re: [sqlite] How to get the total row number of a table by Sqlite more efficient？ if your table's primary key is auto incremented, try: select max(id) from table this will be faster than using count() -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-get-the-total-row-number-of-a-table-by-Sqlite-more-efficient%EF%BC%9F-tp20061797p21359430.html Sent from the SQLite mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
