A better way to count(*)

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Or, assuming your table has an index, you could do this "old-school" as:select MAX(rows) from sysindexes where id = Object_ID('{tablename}')

Or, assuming your table has an index, you could do this "old-school" as:

select MAX(rows) from sysindexes where id = Object_ID('{tablename}')

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A better way to count(*)

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