Internals//GIN Indexes: Extensibility
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The GIN interface has a high level of abstraction, requiring the access method implementer only to implement the semantics of the data type

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Internals//GIN Indexes: Built-in Operator Classes
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The core PostgreSQL distribution includes the GIN operator classes shown in Table 63-1. (Some of the optional

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Internals//GIN Indexes: Limitations
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GIN assumes that indexable operators are strict. This means that extractValue will not be called at all on

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Internals//GIN Indexes: GIN Tips and Tricks
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Create vs. insert Insertion into a GIN index can be slow due to the likelihood of many keys

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Internals//GIN Indexes
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GIN stands for Generalized Inverted Index. GIN is designed for handling cases where the items to be indexed

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Internals//GIN Indexes: Implementation
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Internally, a GIN index contains a B-tree index constructed over keys, where each key is an element of one or more indexed items (a member

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Internals//GIN Indexes: Examples
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The PostgreSQL source distribution includes GIN operator classes for tsvector

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