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*************** SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
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         <para>
          Sets the planner's estimate of the cost of a
          non-sequentially-fetched disk page.  The default is 4.0.
+         (The default is lower than the typical difference between random
+         and sequential storage access speed because of caching effects.)
          This value can be overridden for tables and indexes in a particular
          tablespace by setting the tablespace parameter of the same name
          (see <xref linkend="sql-altertablespace">).