Statistics Used by the Planner
SELECT relpages, reltuples FROM pg_class WHERE relname = 'product';
relpages | reltuples
----------+-----------
5406 | 1e+06
Row Estimation
explain select * from product;
QUERY PLAN
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Seq Scan on product (cost=0.00..15406.00 rows=1000000 width=13)
/*
The estimated cost is computed as (disk pages read * seq_page_cost) + (rows scanned * cpu_tuple_cost).
By default, seq_page_cost is 1.0 and cpu_tuple_cost is 0.01, so the estimated cost is
(5406 * 1.0) + (1e+06 * 0.01) = 15406.
*/