While trying to find a case where spgist wins over btree for text, I came across the following behavior which I would consider a bug:
CREATE TABLE texts (value text); INSERT INTO texts SELECT repeat('a', (2^20)::integer); CREATE INDEX ON texts USING spgist (value); SET enable_seqscan = off; TABLE texts; That produces: ERROR: index row requires 12024 bytes, maximum size is 8191 It seems to me the index should not be allowed to be created if it won't be usable. -- Vik Fearing +33 6 46 75 15 36 http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers