Marc Mamin wrote:

> - BRIN cost: I've made a silly test, where all distinct values exist in all 
> BRIN page ranges:
>               
>       INSERT into tbrin_1 (cat_id, ....) SELECT s%20, ... FROM 
> generate_series(1,3000000 )s;
>       CREATE INDEX cat_brin_1 on tbrin_1 using BRIN (cat_id)with 
> (pages_per_range=64);
>       SELECT * from tbrin_1 WHERE cat_id=10; 
>          http://explain.depesz.com/s/9YQR
> 
>    There seems to be no "fence" against useless BRIN indexes that would allow 
> a fallback on a table scan.
>    But the time overhead remind small :)

Hmm, I guess the costing function for brin could stand some improvement.
Clearly we're not covering all bases.

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