-- uuid check CREATE TABLE uuidtmp (a uuid); \copy uuidtmp from 'data/uuid.data' SET enable_seqscan=on; SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a < '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'; count ------- 227 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a <= '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'; count ------- 228 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a = '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'; count ------- 1 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a >= '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'; count ------- 376 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a > '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'; count ------- 375 (1 row) SET client_min_messages = DEBUG1; CREATE INDEX uuididx ON uuidtmp USING gist ( a ); DEBUG: building index "uuididx" on table "uuidtmp" serially DEBUG: using sorted GiST build CREATE INDEX uuididx_b ON uuidtmp USING gist ( a ) WITH (buffering=on); DEBUG: building index "uuididx_b" on table "uuidtmp" serially DROP INDEX uuididx_b; RESET client_min_messages; SET enable_seqscan=off; SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a < '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'::uuid; count ------- 227 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a <= '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'::uuid; count ------- 228 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a = '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'::uuid; count ------- 1 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a >= '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'::uuid; count ------- 376 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM uuidtmp WHERE a > '55e65ca2-4136-4a4b-ba78-cd3fe4678203'::uuid; count ------- 375 (1 row)