in Fedora core 1:
abc=# select version();explain select * from abc;select count(*) from abc;
version
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.3.4 on i386-redhat-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC i386-redhat-linux-gcc (GCC) 3.3.1 20030903 (Red Hat Linux
3.3.1-3)
(1 row)
Time: 0.35 ms
QUERY PLAN
--------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on abc (cost=0.00..20.00 rows=1000 width=16)
(1 row)
Time: 0.52 ms
count
-------
30167
(1 row)
Time: 35.84 ms
in Fedora core 3:
abc=# select version();explain select * from abc;select count(*) from abc;
version
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.4.5 on i386-redhat-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC i386-redhat-linux-gcc (GCC) 3.4.1 20040815 (Red Hat
3.4.1-9)
(1 row)
Time: 0.456 ms
QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on abc (cost=0.00..479.67 rows=30167 width=16)
(1 row)
Time: 0.962 ms
count
-------
30167
(1 row)
Time: 29.876 ms
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