BEGIN; SET max_parallel_workers_per_gather=4; SET force_parallel_mode=on; CREATE TABLE parallel_test(i int, b1 base36, b2 bigbase36) WITH (parallel_workers = 4); INSERT INTO parallel_test (i, b1, b2) SELECT i, i::int, i::bigint FROM generate_series(1,1e6) i; EXPLAIN (costs off,verbose) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM parallel_test WHERE b1 = '1ftese'; EXPLAIN (costs off,verbose) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM parallel_test WHERE b2 = '1ftese'; EXPLAIN (costs off,verbose) SELECT b1, COUNT(*) FROM parallel_test GROUP BY 1; ROLLBACK;