Many times we used this query to show total number of pages or some other purpose.
SELECT count(*) from TABLE_NAME
Pros – Provides exact number
Cons: Takes longer time, based on total number of records
SELECT table_name, num_rows FROM ALL_TABLES where table_name = ‘TABLE_NAME’
Cons: Not accurate (may be 1%) numbers in run time, but good enough for business purpose in many cases.
Pros: Pretty fast
SELECT table_name, num_rows FROM ALL_TABLES where OWNER=’asdf’ order by num_rows desc
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