PostgreSQL Indexes
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PostgreSQL Indexes
- Indexes take disk space. An alternative used to save some space is to create partial indexes.
- Each type of index supports a set of comparison operators.
Index Types
- B-Tree
- Used as the default.
- Hash:
- It only supports the equality operator (
=).
- It only supports the equality operator (
- GiST (Generalized Search Tree)
- Used for complex data types.
- Used for full text search.
- GIN (Generalized Inverted Index)
- Used for composite values. Documents and arrays.
- BRIN (Block Range Index)
- Used for columns that have some correlation with the physical location of the table.
- Large sequential lineup datasets.