set enable_seqscan=off; CREATE TABLE test_text ( i text ); INSERT INTO test_text VALUES ('a'),('ab'),('abc'),('abb'),('axy'),('xyz'); CREATE INDEX idx_text ON test_text USING gin (i); SELECT * FROM test_text WHERE i<'abc' ORDER BY i; i ----- a ab abb (3 rows) SELECT * FROM test_text WHERE i<='abc' ORDER BY i; i ----- a ab abb abc (4 rows) SELECT * FROM test_text WHERE i='abc' ORDER BY i; i ----- abc (1 row) SELECT * FROM test_text WHERE i>='abc' ORDER BY i; i ----- abc axy xyz (3 rows) SELECT * FROM test_text WHERE i>'abc' ORDER BY i; i ----- axy xyz (2 rows)