Another Reason Not to Use MySQL

[Kurt Wall]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:07:04PM -0500, David Bandel took 21 lines to write:
> On 1/10/06, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> > http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=5755
> >
> > "Status: Not a Bug"? WTF? It's a feature? Sheesh.
> 
> Well, hey, if just return a number and don't actually count, it'll be
> a lot faster.  What do you want, speed _and_ accuracy?

The deal is: "Good, cheap, fast; pick any two." They're only permitting
me to choose one, fast. If I wanted an estimate or a guess, I can do
that even faster with a RNG.

I'm still stuck on the "it's not a bug, it's a feature" part.

Kurt

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