Re: is it possible in pl/sql?

  • From: Steve Jelfs <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: davewendelken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:37:44 +0000

Not sure about count(1) being more efficient.  I, personally, have never 
seen any evidence for that!
Steve


david wendelken wrote:

>Gosh, the original programmer was somewhat confused about what they are doing 
>and/or coding in general and/or coding in pl/sql.
>
>[snip]
>
>                -- count(*) is wasteful.  count(1) is more efficient.
>               sqlstmt := 'UPDATE myTables SET new_Rows = (select count(*)
>from ' || x.Table_Name||  ') WHERE Table_Name = ' || x.Table_Name||';
>               -- execute dynamic sql
>   END;   
>END LOOP;
>end;
>/
>
>  
>




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