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The core <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> distribution
includes the <acronym class="acronym">SP-GiST</acronym> operator classes shown in
<a class="xref" href="spgist-builtin-opclasses.html#SPGIST-BUILTIN-OPCLASSES-TABLE" title="Table 65.1. Built-in SP-GiST Operator Classes">Table 65.1</a>.
</p><div class="table" id="SPGIST-BUILTIN-OPCLASSES-TABLE"><p class="title"><strong>Table 65.1. Built-in <acronym class="acronym">SP-GiST</acronym> Operator Classes</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Built-in SP-GiST Operator Classes" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Indexed Data Type</th><th>Indexable Operators</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal">kd_point_ops</code></td><td><code class="type">point</code></td><td>
<code class="literal"><<</code>
<code class="literal"><@</code>
<code class="literal"><^</code>
<code class="literal">>></code>
<code class="literal">>^</code>
<code class="literal">~=</code>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">quad_point_ops</code></td><td><code class="type">point</code></td><td>
<code class="literal"><<</code>
<code class="literal"><@</code>
<code class="literal"><^</code>
<code class="literal">>></code>
<code class="literal">>^</code>
<code class="literal">~=</code>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">range_ops</code></td><td>any range type</td><td>
<code class="literal">&&</code>
<code class="literal">&<</code>
<code class="literal">&></code>
<code class="literal">-|-</code>
<code class="literal"><<</code>
<code class="literal"><@</code>
<code class="literal">=</code>
<code class="literal">>></code>
<code class="literal">@></code>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">box_ops</code></td><td><code class="type">box</code></td><td>
<code class="literal"><<</code>
<code class="literal">&<</code>
<code class="literal">&&</code>
<code class="literal">&></code>
<code class="literal">>></code>
<code class="literal">~=</code>
<code class="literal">@></code>
<code class="literal"><@</code>
<code class="literal">&<|</code>
<code class="literal"><<|</code>
<code class="literal">|>></code>
<code class="literal">|&></code>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">poly_ops</code></td><td><code class="type">polygon</code></td><td>
<code class="literal"><<</code>
<code class="literal">&<</code>
<code class="literal">&&</code>
<code class="literal">&></code>
<code class="literal">>></code>
<code class="literal">~=</code>
<code class="literal">@></code>
<code class="literal"><@</code>
<code class="literal">&<|</code>
<code class="literal"><<|</code>
<code class="literal">|>></code>
<code class="literal">|&></code>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">text_ops</code></td><td><code class="type">text</code></td><td>
<code class="literal"><</code>
<code class="literal"><=</code>
<code class="literal">=</code>
<code class="literal">></code>
<code class="literal">>=</code>
<code class="literal">~<=~</code>
<code class="literal">~<~</code>
<code class="literal">~>=~</code>
<code class="literal">~>~</code>
<code class="literal">^@</code>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">inet_ops</code></td><td><code class="type">inet</code>, <code class="type">cidr</code></td><td>
<code class="literal">&&</code>
<code class="literal">>></code>
<code class="literal">>>=</code>
<code class="literal">></code>
<code class="literal">>=</code>
<code class="literal"><></code>
<code class="literal"><<</code>
<code class="literal"><<=</code>
<code class="literal"><</code>
<code class="literal"><=</code>
<code class="literal">=</code>
</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
Of the two operator classes for type <code class="type">point</code>,
<code class="literal">quad_point_ops</code> is the default. <code class="literal">kd_point_ops</code>
supports the same operators but uses a different index data structure that
may offer better performance in some applications.
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