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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks for the input Arthur.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Much appreciated,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Arthur Bazin <arthurbazin@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 6, 2025 3:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> Regina Obe <lr@pcorp.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Do you use PostGIS BRIN?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Always have used GiST index, never BRIN. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I do a lots of DB audit for many clients and I have never seen any use of BRIN index.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I think that this is not really used and maybe only by specific users with specific needs (for speed and space maybe).<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Best regards ! <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:solid #EEEDED 1.0pt;border-spacing:0px'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td colspan=3 style='border:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:11.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:37.5pt'><td width=220 style='width:165.0pt;border:none;padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:8.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#4C0097'>Arthur Bazin </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#4C0097'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=1 style='width:.75pt;border:none;background:#8000FF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt;background-image:linear-gradient(0deg,rgb(128,0,255),rgb(0,159,255))'></td><td width=220 style='width:165.0pt;border:none;padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:8.25pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#B4B4B4'>We are all made of star stuff - Carl Sagan </span></i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#4C0097'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td colspan=3 style='border:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:7.5pt'></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style='border:none;background:#8000FF;padding:11.25pt 7.5pt 11.25pt 7.5pt;background-image:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(128,0,255),rgb(0,159,255))'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:8.25pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:white'>Pensez à la planète, merci de n'imprimer ce mail que si cela est vraiment nécessaire <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Le dim. 5 janv. 2025 à 10:06, Regina Obe <<a href="mailto:lr@pcorp.us">lr@pcorp.us</a>> a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We are thinking of removing BRIN support in PostGIS because it has a serious<br>bug as discussed here.<br><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2025-January/030457.html" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2025-January/030457.html</a><br><br>and here - <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5564" target="_blank">https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5564</a><br><br>that currently causes crashes during Index building.<br><br>The two options on the table are:<br><br>1) Fix the issue<br>2) Remove BRIN Support<br><br><br>I'm leaning toward the removal of BRIN support because I see no point<br>carrying the technical baggage of continuously supporting BRIN and testing<br>it <br>if very very few people are using it. Yes this will be a breaking change<br>for those that use it.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Regina<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>