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=(name,name)

equal

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

equal

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

Usage

=(name,name) → 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	text_ops	3	search
Hash	text_ops	1	search
BRIN	name_minmax_ops	3	search
BRIN	name_bloom_ops	1	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 11 → 12: changed.

--- PostgreSQL 11
+++ PostgreSQL 12
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "strategy": "3"
     },
     {
-      "family": "name_ops",
+      "family": "text_ops",
       "left_type": "name",
       "method": "btree",
       "operator": "=(name,name)",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       "strategy": "3"
     },
     {
-      "family": "name_ops",
+      "family": "text_ops",
       "left_type": "name",
       "method": "hash",
       "operator": "=(name,name)",

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Export JSON · Back to Operators · Recorded in PostgreSQL 10 through 20; the first sample is not necessarily its introduction.