SQLite: COUNT slow on big tables

Question

I\'m having a performance problem in SQLite with a SELECT COUNT(*) on a large tables.

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Answer 1

If you haven't DELETEd any records, doing:

SELECT MAX(_ROWID_) FROM "table" LIMIT 1;

Will avoid the full-table scan. Note that _ROWID_ is a SQLite identifier.