Re: row-attribute in EXPLAIN-output doesn't match count(*)

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: row-attribute in EXPLAIN-output doesn't match count(*)
Date: 2005-04-14 19:08:18
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On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:04:47PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
> It is a Postgres limitation as well. We _could_ make the server "really
> start the transaction" at the point the first query is issued instead of
> when the BEGIN is issued. In fact this problem would go away if we did
> that.

Yeah; I seem to remember Tom Lane suggesting such an approach at one
point. I had the vague idea it might happen in 8.0, but for some
reason I think it didn't. (Anyway, that's probably off topic for
this list.)

A

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