Bug #21849 select count distinct has rotten performance on at least versions 4&5 of mysql.
Submitted: 26 Aug 2006 10:07 Modified: 7 Apr 2010 14:54
Reporter: Galt Barber Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Optimizer Severity:S5 (Performance)
Version:5.0.32-BK, 4 and 5, 5.1.42-bzr OS:Linux (linux)
Assigned to: Georgi Kodinov CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: count, distinct, SELECT

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