
> The above query returns about 550 rows and takes almost 12 seconds to
> run.  Multiply that by the number of tables I create on a given night
> (300), and that stinks.


If you want you can remove that portion from AddGeometryColumns() - just stick 
null in instead. 

The only part that depends on those column being present is the advanced STATS 
package (makefile USE_STATS=1).

dave


