Re: mysqlshow.c - Modifications - 2nd Try

[Michael Widenius]

Hi!

>>>>> "Russell" == Russell E Glaue <russ@stripped> writes:

Russell> I agree having this feature as default would not be good.
Russell> -RG


Russell> On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Antony T Curtis wrote:

>> Markus Grundmann wrote:
>> 
>> Such a feature as this would have to be a "optional" rather than
>> default.
>> 
>> I wouldn't want it to open 400+ tables in a database to find out how
>> many million rows there are...
>> 
>> > 
>> > Two additional columns view more database/table details.

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We will make this optional when we apply the patch.

Regards,
Monty

PS: Paul is right; COUNT(*) is slow on BDB tables.