Emre Hasegeli wrote: > >> From the above, may I presume that it is best to cluster (or sort), the > >> table based on the intended > >> BRIN column(s) before actually creating the index to insure the pages are > >> adjacent? If so, should > >> that not be included in the documentation, instead of implied? > > The same question is asked to me at PGConf.DE. I think it would be > nice to address it in the documentation somehow. Maybe, we should > also explain how the table is physically organised. It is not clear > to users what kind of operations would make BRIN more useful.
Grumble. > > I don't have faith in CLUSTER anyway. Taking exclusive locks and all. > > It also requires a btree index. If you can afford to have btree, you > probably don't need BRIN anyway. Something lighter than CLUSTER which > can use BRIN would be useful. What I think would be useful is a way for the BRIN index to guide location of a new tuple, so that it's put in the right spot right from the start, instead of having it be moved later. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
