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Supported versions: 16 / 15 / 14
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Historical version. PostgreSQL 9.5 reached end of support in February 2021. See the current manual for supported releases.

61.6. Limitations

GIN assumes that indexable operators are strict. This means that extractValue will not be called at all on a null item value (instead, a placeholder index entry is created automatically), and extractQuery will not be called on a null query value either (instead, the query is presumed to be unsatisfiable). Note however that null key values contained within a non-null composite item or query value are supported.

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