> > Is mySQL planning on fixing this BUG. YES -- it is a BUG. A
> BIG FAT HARRY
> > ONE.
> >
>
> I think you mean 'hairy', not 'harry'. There are no 'harry'
> bugs, apart
LOL! Doh! Yeah. I was so blinded by rage that I forgot my spelling.
> > It's completely stupid that I can't query and get an
> accurate total of
> > records in a table in under a second.
> >
>
> If it's so important to you, why not maintain your OWN count.
> Cache the
> figure somewhere, or update a figure when you insert a record.
Because we're a huge enterprise product, with 3 databases of > 200 tables
each.
We are migrating from MYISM to INNODB and keeping track of that value isn't
something we thought we'd need to do. Plus it seems like something we
_shouldn't_ have to do. That's WHY we use a database.
> > A deviation of 40-50% is SIGNIFICANT!
> > You might as well just use RAND() at that point.
>
> Fine. Use rand() if it makes you happy.
Sarcasm. Cool. :)
> > This is absolutely baffling and astonishing how a company
> so seemingly smart
> > could make such an incredible blunder. :-\
> >
>
> Oh the melodrama! Won't someone please think of the children!
...and the homeless
...and Katrina victims
...and Tsunami in India victims
;-p
