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     </para>
  
     <para>
!     Unfortunately, there is no similarly trivial query that can be
!     used to improve the performance of <function>count()</function>
!     when applied to the entire table.
     </para>
    </note>
  
   </sect1>
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     </para>
  
     <para>
!     When the table has been <command>VACUUM</command>ed recently, but
!     only then, a good approximation of count(*) for an entire table
!     can be obtained as follows:
! <programlisting>
! SELECT reltuples FROM pg_class WHERE relname = 'sometable';
! </programlisting>
!    </para>
! 
!    <para>
!     Unfortunately, there is not yet a general trivial query that can
!     be used to improve the performance of <function>count()</function>.
     </para>
+ 
    </note>
  
   </sect1>