Is there a point to having both a normal gist index and an exclude index?

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Is there a point to having both a normal gist index and an exclude index?
Date: 2017-04-05 02:58:09
Message-ID: 20170405025809.GA8335@wolff.to
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I am trying to load a database with about 3.5 million records relating
netblocks to locations. I currently don't know whether or not any of the
netblocks overlap. If they don't, then I can simplify queries that
find the locations of IP addresses.

I create the table as follows:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS iplocation;
CREATE TABLE iplocation (
network INET NOT NULL,
geoname_id INT,
registered_country_geoname_id INT,
represented_country_geoname_id INT,
is_anonymous_proxy BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
is_satellite_provider BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
postal_code TEXT,
latitude DOUBLE PRECISION,
longitude DOUBLE PRECISION,
accuracy_radius DOUBLE PRECISION
);

Then I load the table with /copy.

Then I create both a normal gist index and an exclude index using the
following:
DROP INDEX IF EXISTS contains;
CREATE INDEX contains ON iplocation USING gist (network inet_ops);
ANALYZE VERBOSE iplocation;
ALTER TABLE iplocation
ADD CONSTRAINT overlap EXCLUDE USING gist (network inet_ops WITH &&)
;

So far the exclude index hasn't finished being created.

But I am wondering if it is useful to have the normal gist index for
finding netblocks containing a specific IP address, as it seems like the
exclude index should be usable for that as well.

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