>>That's the point. * has no meaning without FROM >But COUNT(*) > >does have meaning - it means "the number of rows". which rows? :-) > It's not counting the number of columns in the row, so postgres doesn't need to know what columns exist in the row to return a row count. >Geoff -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
