“select count(id) from table” takes up to 30 minutes to calculate in SQL Azure

Question

I have a database in SQL Azure which is not taking between 15 and 30 minutes to do a simple:

select count(id) from mytable

The database is abou

Answer 1

Quick refinement of @FoggyDay post. If your tables are partitioned, you'll want to sum the rowcount.

SELECT t.name, SUM(s.row_count) row_count
FROM sys.tables t
JOIN sys.dm_db_partition_stats s
ON t.object_id = s.object_id
  AND t.type_desc = 'USER_TABLE'
  AND t.name not like '%dss%'
  AND s.index_id = 1
GROUP BY t.name