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btree/inet_ops (class)

B-tree operator class for inet; member of network_ops.

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

B-tree operator class for inet; member of network_ops.

Object kind: Operator class
Index AM: B-tree
Input type: inet
Stored key type: Same as input type (catalog zero)
Default class: yes

Usage

btree/inet_ops

Operator classes and families

An index definition can specify an operator class for each column of an index.

The operator class identifies the operators to be used by the index for that column. For example, a B-tree index on the type int4 would use the int4_ops class; this operator class includes comparison functions for values of type int4 . In practice the default operator class for the column's data type is usually sufficient. The main reason for having operator classes is that for some data types, there could be more than one meaningful index behavior. For example, we might want to sort a complex-number data type either by absolute value or by real part. We could do this by defining two operator classes for the data type and then selecting the proper class when making an index. The operator class determines the basic sort ordering (which can then be modified by adding sort options COLLATE , ASC / DESC and/or NULLS FIRST / NULLS LAST ).

There are also some built-in operator classes besides the default ones:

Family operator strategies

Operator overload	Strategy	Purpose	Membership scope	Source description
<(inet,inet)	1	search	Class input pair	less than
<=(inet,inet)	2	search	Class input pair	less than or equal
=(inet,inet)	3	search	Class input pair	equal
>=(inet,inet)	4	search	Class input pair	greater than or equal
>(inet,inet)	5	search	Class input pair	greater than

Family support functions

Support number	Left type	Right type	Function signature	Result type
1	inet	inet	network_cmp(inet,inet)	int4
2	inet	inet	network_sortsupport(internal)	void
4	inet	inet	btequalimage(oid)	bool

Classes in this family

Class	Input type	Key type	Default
cidr_ops	inet	Same as input type	no
inet_ops	inet	Same as input type	yes

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Documentation and source

Source build

Version: 18.6
Build: https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint: 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

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PostgreSQL 12 → 13: changed.

--- PostgreSQL 12
+++ PostgreSQL 13
@@ -87,6 +87,24 @@
       "number": "1",
       "result_type": "int4",
       "right_type": "inet"
+    },
+    {
+      "family": "network_ops",
+      "function": "network_sortsupport(internal)",
+      "left_type": "inet",
+      "method": "btree",
+      "number": "2",
+      "result_type": "void",
+      "right_type": "inet"
+    },
+    {
+      "family": "network_ops",
+      "function": "btequalimage(oid)",
+      "left_type": "inet",
+      "method": "btree",
+      "number": "4",
+      "result_type": "bool",
+      "right_type": "inet"
     }
   ]
 }

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