CREATE TABLE test_gist AS SELECT point(i,i) p, i::text t FROM generate_series(1,1000) i; CREATE INDEX test_gist_idx ON test_gist USING gist (p); -- Page 0 is the root, the rest are leaf pages SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0)); lsn | nsn | rightlink | flags -----+-----+------------+------- 0/1 | 0/0 | 4294967295 | {} (1 row) SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1)); lsn | nsn | rightlink | flags -----+-----+------------+-------- 0/1 | 0/0 | 4294967295 | {leaf} (1 row) SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2)); lsn | nsn | rightlink | flags -----+-----+-----------+-------- 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | {leaf} (1 row) SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0), 'test_gist_idx'); itemoffset | ctid | itemlen | keys ------------+-----------+---------+------------------- 1 | (1,65535) | 40 | (p)=((166,166)) 2 | (2,65535) | 40 | (p)=((332,332)) 3 | (3,65535) | 40 | (p)=((498,498)) 4 | (4,65535) | 40 | (p)=((664,664)) 5 | (5,65535) | 40 | (p)=((830,830)) 6 | (6,65535) | 40 | (p)=((996,996)) 7 | (7,65535) | 40 | (p)=((1000,1000)) (7 rows) SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1), 'test_gist_idx') LIMIT 5; itemoffset | ctid | itemlen | keys ------------+-------+---------+------------- 1 | (0,1) | 40 | (p)=((1,1)) 2 | (0,2) | 40 | (p)=((2,2)) 3 | (0,3) | 40 | (p)=((3,3)) 4 | (0,4) | 40 | (p)=((4,4)) 5 | (0,5) | 40 | (p)=((5,5)) (5 rows) SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2), 'test_gist_idx') LIMIT 5; itemoffset | ctid | itemlen | keys ------------+--------+---------+----------------- 1 | (1,10) | 40 | (p)=((167,167)) 2 | (1,11) | 40 | (p)=((168,168)) 3 | (1,12) | 40 | (p)=((169,169)) 4 | (1,13) | 40 | (p)=((170,170)) 5 | (1,14) | 40 | (p)=((171,171)) (5 rows) SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0)); itemoffset | ctid | itemlen | key_data ------------+-----------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | (1,65535) | 40 | \x00000100ffff28000000000000c064400000000000c06440000000000000f03f000000000000f03f 2 | (2,65535) | 40 | \x00000200ffff28000000000000c074400000000000c074400000000000e064400000000000e06440 3 | (3,65535) | 40 | \x00000300ffff28000000000000207f400000000000207f400000000000d074400000000000d07440 4 | (4,65535) | 40 | \x00000400ffff28000000000000c084400000000000c084400000000000307f400000000000307f40 5 | (5,65535) | 40 | \x00000500ffff28000000000000f089400000000000f089400000000000c884400000000000c88440 6 | (6,65535) | 40 | \x00000600ffff28000000000000208f400000000000208f400000000000f889400000000000f88940 7 | (7,65535) | 40 | \x00000700ffff28000000000000408f400000000000408f400000000000288f400000000000288f40 (7 rows) SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1)) LIMIT 5; itemoffset | ctid | itemlen | key_data ------------+-------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | (0,1) | 40 | \x0000000001002800000000000000f03f000000000000f03f000000000000f03f000000000000f03f 2 | (0,2) | 40 | \x00000000020028000000000000000040000000000000004000000000000000400000000000000040 3 | (0,3) | 40 | \x00000000030028000000000000000840000000000000084000000000000008400000000000000840 4 | (0,4) | 40 | \x00000000040028000000000000001040000000000000104000000000000010400000000000001040 5 | (0,5) | 40 | \x00000000050028000000000000001440000000000000144000000000000014400000000000001440 (5 rows) SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2)) LIMIT 5; itemoffset | ctid | itemlen | key_data ------------+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | (1,10) | 40 | \x000001000a0028000000000000e064400000000000e064400000000000e064400000000000e06440 2 | (1,11) | 40 | \x000001000b0028000000000000006540000000000000654000000000000065400000000000006540 3 | (1,12) | 40 | \x000001000c0028000000000000206540000000000020654000000000002065400000000000206540 4 | (1,13) | 40 | \x000001000d0028000000000000406540000000000040654000000000004065400000000000406540 5 | (1,14) | 40 | \x000001000e0028000000000000606540000000000060654000000000006065400000000000606540 (5 rows) DROP TABLE test_gist;