I'm running 7.1.3. What does 'rows=10000' mean? The number of rows returned or the
number postgres has to look through?
Tom Lane wrote:
> Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net> writes:
>
>>Why does explain show more than one row, even if there is a LIMIT = 1?
>>
>
> What version are you running? I get results like
>
> regression=# explain select * from tenk1 limit 1;
> NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
>
> Limit (cost=0.00..0.03 rows=1 width=148)
> -> Seq Scan on tenk1 (cost=0.00..333.00 rows=10000 width=148)
>
> EXPLAIN
>
> which seems at least moderately self-explanatory.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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