>
> Odd. Did'ja by chance run the select more than once... maybe three or
> four times, and always get the same (or close) results?
>
> Is the stress package running niced?
>
> -Andy
>
I got a little crazy, and upgraded the DB to 8.4.5. It still reacts the
same.
I am hoping someone has an idea of a metric I can run to see why it is
different.