Re: Counting number of rows

From: jaromir nemec <jaromir_at_db-nemec.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:41:21 +0100
Message-ID: <013101c3f5a7$2b530330$2600000a@JARAWIN>

Hi,

there is possibility of tuning this count function! Use simple truncate with REUSE STORAGE! Some extent processing will be omitted.

D.B.Nemec

PS: to restore the table is insert /*+ append */ the optimal solution!

Original Message ----- From: "Mladen Gogala" <mladen_at_wangtrading.com> To: <oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:15 PM Subject: Re: Counting number of rows

The function below would count rows extremely quickly, and is independent of the table size. Even better, it is completely accurate and doesn't rely on the underlying statistics. The table in question may not even be analyzed. It does have one minor shortcoming, however.

<PRANK>
create or replace
function count_rows(tbl in varchar2) return number deterministic as
TRUNC VARCHAR2(128):='truncate table '||tbl; begin
execute immediate trunc;
return(0);
end;
/
</PRANK>
On 02/17/2004 03:27:31 PM, "Potluri, Venu (CT Appl Suppt)" wrote:
> Is there a quick way to count number of rows in a table? Don't want
> to
> do select count(*) from..... on a table (such as GL_BALANCES) with
> more than 250 million rows.
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