Re: Dead slow count(*)

So, what is the main wait event you'r waiting on?

On 01/29/2004 06:54:46 PM, Jordi Adame V wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have this table with ~4,000,000 entries
>
> When i do a SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TABLE_NAME
>
> it takes 4 hours to give me the result, this is way too much
>
> Im running Oracle 9.2.0.4.0 on RedHat AS 3
>
> These are my first experiences with Oracle, so I have no clue how to
> fix this
> query time... Any help would be nice
>
> regards
>
> Jordi
>
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