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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml35
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/rangetypes.sgml21
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
index d1b6cc9a01a..dc1f192bddf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
@@ -117,6 +117,29 @@
<row><entry><literal>&amp;&amp; (inet,inet)</literal></entry></row>
<row>
+ <entry valign="middle" morerows="17"><literal>multirange_ops</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>= (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry>
+ <entry valign="middle" morerows="17"></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&amp; (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&amp; (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>@&gt; (anymultirange,anyelement)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>@&gt; (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>@&gt; (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&lt;@ (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&lt;@ (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&lt;&lt; (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&lt;&lt; (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&gt;&gt; (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&gt;&gt; (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&lt; (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&lt; (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&gt; (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&gt; (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>-|- (anymultirange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>-|- (anymultirange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+
+ <row>
<entry valign="middle" morerows="7"><literal>point_ops</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>|&gt;&gt; (point,point)</literal></entry>
<entry valign="middle" morerows="7"><literal>&lt;-&gt; (point,point)</literal></entry>
@@ -149,19 +172,27 @@
<row><entry><literal>~ (polygon,polygon)</literal></entry></row>
<row>
- <entry valign="middle" morerows="9"><literal>range_ops</literal></entry>
+ <entry valign="middle" morerows="17"><literal>range_ops</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>= (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry>
- <entry valign="middle" morerows="9"></entry>
+ <entry valign="middle" morerows="17"></entry>
</row>
<row><entry><literal>&amp;&amp; (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&amp; (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>@&gt; (anyrange,anyelement)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>@&gt; (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>@&gt; (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>&lt;@ (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&lt;@ (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>&lt;&lt; (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&lt;&lt; (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>&gt;&gt; (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&gt;&gt; (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>&amp;&lt; (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&lt; (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>&amp;&gt; (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>&amp;&gt; (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>-|- (anyrange,anyrange)</literal></entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>-|- (anyrange,anymultirange)</literal></entry></row>
<row>
<entry valign="middle" morerows="1"><literal>tsquery_ops</literal></entry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/rangetypes.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/rangetypes.sgml
index 859079c69ca..91e353d4fdb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/rangetypes.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/rangetypes.sgml
@@ -469,11 +469,13 @@ SELECT '[11:10, 23:00]'::timerange;
<para>
GiST and SP-GiST indexes can be created for table columns of range types.
+ GiST indexes can be also created for table columns of multirange types.
For instance, to create a GiST index:
<programlisting>
CREATE INDEX reservation_idx ON reservation USING GIST (during);
</programlisting>
- A GiST or SP-GiST index can accelerate queries involving these range operators:
+ A GiST or SP-GiST index on ranges can accelerate queries involving these
+ range operators:
<literal>=</literal>,
<literal>&amp;&amp;</literal>,
<literal>&lt;@</literal>,
@@ -482,8 +484,21 @@ CREATE INDEX reservation_idx ON reservation USING GIST (during);
<literal>&gt;&gt;</literal>,
<literal>-|-</literal>,
<literal>&amp;&lt;</literal>, and
- <literal>&amp;&gt;</literal>
- (see <xref linkend="range-operators-table"/> for more information).
+ <literal>&amp;&gt;</literal>.
+ A GiST index on multiranges can accelerate queries involving the same
+ set of multirange operators.
+ A GiST index on ranges and GiST index on multiranges can also accelerate
+ queries involving these cross-type range to multirange and multirange to
+ range operators correspondingly:
+ <literal>&amp;&amp;</literal>,
+ <literal>&lt;@</literal>,
+ <literal>@&gt;</literal>,
+ <literal>&lt;&lt;</literal>,
+ <literal>&gt;&gt;</literal>,
+ <literal>-|-</literal>,
+ <literal>&amp;&lt;</literal>, and
+ <literal>&amp;&gt;</literal>.
+ See <xref linkend="range-operators-table"/> for more information.
</para>
<para>