--- drupal-6.2/includes/path.inc	2007-11-04 10:42:45.000000000 -0600
+++ drupal-6.2-patched/includes/path.inc	2008-05-19 17:14:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
   // Use $count to avoid looking up paths in subsequent calls if there simply are no aliases
   if (!isset($count)) {
-    $count = db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(pid) FROM {url_alias}'));
+    $count = (db_result(db_query_range('SELECT dst FROM {url_alias}', 0, 1)) ? 1 : 0);
   }
 
   if ($action == 'wipe') {