>
> > can you send structure and execution plan?
> Thank you for your request, the execution  plan is the one from
> "explain" (I think) but what is the "structure plan"?

no, only structure :) table and fields.

> The problema was a bug on my import in new database!
>
> To avoid future error of this type, how can I ask to postgres wath
> column is it using in "natural join"?
>

Don't use natural join. It has some others disadvantagedness. Use
classic JOIN. It is safe.

SELECT FROM tab1 JOIN tab2 ON ....

Regards
Pavel Stehule

> tanks again
> and sorry for my error
> Edoardo
> >
> > Regards
> > Pavel Stehule
> >
> > On 02/01/2008, Edoardo Panfili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
> >>
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