Re: Age old question.. count(*), count(id) or count(1) faster ?

I have always believed count(1) to be faster. A good way would be to test it on your particular system... let us know your result and your setup...

randy

EnderW wrote:

> Hi,
> No flames.. Have a quick question. I thought this matter be settled
> but it came up again. Is select count(*) from table faster than select
> count(id) from table or select count(1) from table faster ? I think all
> should be equal. ( id is an indexed column by itself in table). I did
> an explain plan and it came up same for those cases. Or is it not ? am
> I missing something ? Thnkx in adv.
>
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Received on Tue Jun 20 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT