Hello it works to me: postgres=# create table c1(n varchar, e integer);CREATE TABLEpostgres=# create table c2(n2 varchar, e integer);CREATE TABLEpostgres=# insert into c1 values('aa',1),('bb',2),('aa',3);INSERT 0 3postgres=# insert into c2 values('aa',1),('bb',2),('aa',3);INSERT 0 3postgres=# select * from c1 natural join c2; e | n | n2---+----+---- 1 | aa | aa 2 | bb | bb 3 | aa | aa(3 rows) postgres=# select * from c1 natural join c2 where c1.e = 3; e | n | n2---+----+---- 3 | aa | aa(1 row) postgres=# select n, count(*) from c1 natural join c2 where c1.e = 3 group by n; n | count----+------- aa | 1(1 row) postgres=# select n, count(*) from c1 natural join c2 group by n; n | count----+------- bb | 1 aa | 2(2 rows) postgres=# select n2, count(*) from c1 natural join c2 group by n2; n2 | count----+------- bb | 1 aa | 2(2 rows) can you send structure and execution plan? RegardsPavel Stehule On 02/01/2008, Edoardo Panfili <edoardo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:> I am using this query in 8.3beta4 (compiled from source) in MacOS X 10.5.1>> SELECT webName,count(*) FROM contenitore NATURAL JOIN cartellino WHERE> contenitore.tipo='e' GROUP BY webName;>> this is the result> webName | count> --------------------------------------------------+-------> test palermo | 36679> Herbarium Camerinensis - CAME | 36679> Herbarium Universitatis Aeserniae - IS | 36679> Herbarium Universitatis Civitatis Perusii - PERU | 36679> Herbarium Anconitanum - ANC | 36679> Test database - São Paulo | 36679> Herbarium Universitatis Genuensis - GE | 36679> Herbarium Universitatis Senensis - SIENA | 36679> Segnalazioni Siena | 36679> Herbarium Aquilanum - AQUI | 36679> (10 rows)>> but 36679 is the total number of row of the table.> The same query in 8.1.4 retrieves the aspected result (the number of> elements for each webName).>> Is this a bug or a change in the semantic of SQL?>> thank you> Edoardo>> --> Jabber: edoardopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tel: 075 9142766>> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------> TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly