In response to Me Self : > Hello Im just getting started using postgres and Ive run run into a > problem with count(*): > > When I do "select count(*) from mytable" or "select count(*) from > mytable where mycolumn=x" then I get wrong number. The number of rows > returned is lower than the actual number. How can that happen? The What exactly do you mean with 'actual number'? Let me guess: you have a SERIAL column, and the current value is greater than the number of rows returned by your select, right? Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general