mysql> describe entry; +----------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +----------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | entry_id | int(10) unsigned | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | feed_id | int(10) unsigned | | MUL | 0 | | | title | varchar(254) | | MUL | | | | link | varchar(254) | | MUL | | | | summary | text | YES | | NULL | | | updated | datetime | YES | MUL | NULL | | | created | datetime | YES | | NULL | | | category_id | varchar(254) | YES | | NULL | | | language | varchar(24) | YES | | NULL | | | alexa_ranking | float | | | 0 | | | rating | float | YES | | 0 | | | votes | int(11) | YES | | 0 | | | comments | int(11) | YES | | 0 | | | merged_ranking | float | YES | | 0 | | | user_ranking | float | YES | | 0 | | | country_code | varchar(45) | YES | | None | | +----------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 16 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select count(*) from entry; +----------+ | count(*) | +----------+ | 2255444 | +----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)