postgres_loose_table_counts 0.0.1

data/.gitignore

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+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*

data/Gemfile

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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in postgres_loose_table_counts.gemspec
+gemspec

data/Rakefile

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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"

data/lib/postgres_loose_table_counts.rb

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+require "postgres_loose_table_counts/version"
+require "active_record"
+
+module PostgresLooseTableCounts
+  def loose_count
+    connection.select_value "select reltuples from pg_class where relname='#{table_name}'"
+  end
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.extend(PostgresLooseTableCounts)

data/lib/postgres_loose_table_counts/version.rb

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+module PostgresLooseTableCounts
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end

data/postgres_loose_table_counts.gemspec

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "postgres_loose_table_counts/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "postgres_loose_table_counts"
+  s.version     = PostgresLooseTableCounts::VERSION
+  s.authors     = ["John Barton"]
+  s.email       = ["jrbarton@gmail.com"]
+  s.homepage    = "http://github.com/joho/postgres_loose_table_counts"
+  s.summary     = %q{Postgres counts can be sometimes slow for large records, and sometimes (ie pagination) being exact isn't really that important. Read http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Slow_Counting for more details.}
+  s.description = %q{Get a rough idea of a model count from pg_class instead of potentially expensive count()}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = "postgres_loose_table_counts"
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  # specify any dependencies here; for example:
+  s.add_development_dependency "bundler"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "activerecord", ">= 3.0"
+  # lol, this won't work on mysql
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "pg"
+end

data/readme.md

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+# Postgres Loose Table Counts
+
+  * Sometimes select count(*) from table is slow on postgres
+  * Sometimes you don't care about 100% accurate counts (ie. infinte scroll pagination, homepage vanity "user counts", etc)
+  * Sometimes, you're lazy, and google for a quick fix, and install this gem
+
+For more background, read the [Postgres wiki page on slow counting](http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Slow_Counting)
+
+## Usage
+
+Put this in your Gemfile
+
+     gem "postgres_loose_table_counts"
+
+Put this in your app
+
+     @total_thingos = Thingo.loose_count # => 345523
+
+Enjoy being that little bit more webscale.
+
+By [John Barton](http://whoisjohnbarton.com) for [Goodfilms](http://goodfil.ms) which is the best online movie site of all time.
+
+---
+## Licence
+
+
+Copyright (C) <2012> John Barton, Goodfilms
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: postgres_loose_table_counts
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.1
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- John Barton
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-09-11 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: bundler
+  requirement: &70365471211980 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '0'
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *70365471211980
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: activerecord
+  requirement: &70365471211480 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '3.0'
+  type: :runtime
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *70365471211480
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: pg
+  requirement: &70365471211060 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '0'
+  type: :runtime
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *70365471211060
+description: Get a rough idea of a model count from pg_class instead of potentially
+  expensive count()
+email:
+- jrbarton@gmail.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- .gitignore
+- Gemfile
+- Rakefile
+- lib/postgres_loose_table_counts.rb
+- lib/postgres_loose_table_counts/version.rb
+- postgres_loose_table_counts.gemspec
+- readme.md
+homepage: http://github.com/joho/postgres_loose_table_counts
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: postgres_loose_table_counts
+rubygems_version: 1.8.11
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Postgres counts can be sometimes slow for large records, and sometimes (ie
+  pagination) being exact isn't really that important. Read http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Slow_Counting
+  for more details.
+test_files: []