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=(inet,inet)

equal

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

equal

Left operand: inet
Right operand: inet
Result type: bool
Implementing function: network_eq(inet,inet)
Operator kind: Binary
Hash join candidate: yes
Merge join candidate: yes

Usage

=(inet,inet) → bool

Catalog interpretation

The catalog pg_operator stores information about operators. See CREATE OPERATOR and Section 36.14 for more information.

Declared operator-family membership

Index AM	Family	Strategy	Purpose
B-tree	network_ops	3	search
Hash	network_ops	1	search
GiST	network_ops	18	search
SP-GiST	network_ops	18	search
BRIN	network_minmax_ops	3	search
BRIN	network_minmax_multi_ops	3	search
BRIN	network_bloom_ops	1	search
BRIN	network_inclusion_ops	18	search

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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

Compare versions

PostgreSQL 13 → 14: changed.

--- PostgreSQL 13
+++ PostgreSQL 14
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 {
   "memberships": [
+    {
+      "family": "network_bloom_ops",
+      "left_type": "inet",
+      "method": "brin",
+      "operator": "=(inet,inet)",
+      "purpose": "search",
+      "right_type": "inet",
+      "sort_family": "",
+      "strategy": "1"
+    },
     {
       "family": "network_inclusion_ops",
       "left_type": "inet",
@@ -9,6 +19,16 @@
       "right_type": "inet",
       "sort_family": "",
       "strategy": "18"
+    },
+    {
+      "family": "network_minmax_multi_ops",
+      "left_type": "inet",
+      "method": "brin",
+      "operator": "=(inet,inet)",
+      "purpose": "search",
+      "right_type": "inet",
+      "sort_family": "",
+      "strategy": "3"
     },
     {
       "family": "network_minmax_ops",

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