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Note that if you delete entries in non sequential order (aka not at the start-only or the end-only) and continue inserting, BRIN index becomes much less effecti

Note that if you delete entries in non sequential order (aka not at the start-only or the end-only) and continue inserting, BRIN index becomes much less effective. Its very much predicated upon the concept of append-only, as postgres filling deleted rows with new rows throws off the physical layout part of how BRIN works

aspyct 4y ago
I don't delete anything in those tables, however I do one update on 9/10 of the rows, at least. I seem to remember there was a way to reorder rows in a table, maybe that could be useful.
- pramsey 4y ago
  You can check if your data remain correlated after your updates. It's possible they do: SELECT correlation FROM pg_stats WHERE tablename = 'mytable' AND attname = 'mytimestamp';
  - aspyct 4y ago
    Oh nice! I had no idea, I'll try it, thanks :)