Re: <-> Operator on Trigram Index

From: Arthur Zakirov <a(dot)zakirov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
To: Jeffrey Kamei <jeff(at)windfalldata(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: <-> Operator on Trigram Index
Date: 2018-11-15 09:28:16
Message-ID: dda9c633-6628-b3a3-78e6-0dc7bb279b82@postgrespro.ru
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Hello,

On 14.11.2018 01:42, Jeffrey Kamei wrote:
> I'm trying to get the <-> operator to recognize a trigram index (GIST)
> I've set on a table. Using `EXPLAIN VERBOSE` I can see the query engine
> ignoring the trigram index when using the `<->` operator. However if I
> use the `%` operator, the index is found and used. Can you explain why
> this is happening? As far as I can tell from the documentation, the
> `<->` operator should be using the index as well.

Yes <-> operator should use a GiST index. Can you show your query and
its plan?

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Arthur Zakirov
Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com
Russian Postgres Company

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