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btree_gist

btree_gist is a contrib module providing sample GiST index operator classes which implement B-tree equivalent behaviour for certain datatypes.

btree_gist was added in PostgreSQL 7.2 (commit a9289708).

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• PostgreSQL 13
  • marked as a trusted extension (commit eb67623c)
• PostgreSQL 10
  • support for indexing ENUM datatypes added (commit f7946a92)
  • support for indexing the UUID datatype added (commit 11da83a0)
  • support for indexing the MACADDR8 datatype added (commit c7a9fa39)
• PostgreSQL 9.1
  • support for nearest-neighbour (kNN) search added (commit 8436489c)
  • support for searching on "not equals" added (commit ad17ff95)
  • converted to an extension (commit 629b3af2)
• PostgreSQL 8.0
  • revised version with support for a wide range of data types| (commit 42d06988)
• PostgreSQL 7.2
  • added (commit a9289708)

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