$ ./casanova_test.sh \timing on drop table if exists t1; Time: 333.159 ms create table t1 (i int); Time: 155.827 ms create index t1_i_idx on t1 using minmax(i); Time: 204.031 ms insert into t1 select generate_series(1, 25000000); Time: 126312.302 ms analyze t1; ERROR: could not truncate file base/21324/26339_vm to 41 blocks: it's only 1 blocks now Time: 472.504 ms \timing on set enable_bitmapscan=1; explain analyze select i from t1 where i between 10000000 and 10001000; Time: 0.508 ms QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitmap Heap Scan on t1 (cost=32.25..117786.77 rows=125001 width=4) (actual time=1640.520..4465.768 rows=1001 loops=1) Recheck Cond: ((i >= 10000000) AND (i <= 10001000)) Rows Removed by Index Recheck: 24998999 -> Bitmap Index Scan on t1_i_idx (cost=0.00..1.00 rows=125001 width=0) (actual time=65.322..65.322 rows=291 loops=1) Index Cond: ((i >= 10000000) AND (i <= 10001000)) Total runtime: 4466.003 ms (6 rows) Time: 4468.943 ms set enable_bitmapscan=0; explain analyze select i from t1 where i between 10000000 and 10001000; Time: 0.146 ms QUERY PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on t1 (cost=0.00..485621.80 rows=125001 width=4) (actual time=1158.065..3332.925 rows=1001 loops=1) Filter: ((i >= 10000000) AND (i <= 10001000)) Rows Removed by Filter: 24998999 Total runtime: 3333.038 ms (4 rows)