</para>
<para>
- In addition, any range type that is meant to be used with GiST indexes
+ In addition, any range type that is meant to be used with GiST or SP-GiST indexes
should define a subtype difference, or <literal>subtype_diff</>, function.
- (A GiST index will still work without <literal>subtype_diff</>, but it is
+ (the index will still work without <literal>subtype_diff</>, but it is
likely to be considerably less efficient than if a difference function is
provided.) The subtype difference function takes two input values of the
subtype, and returns their difference (i.e., <replaceable>X</> minus
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="rangetypes-gist">
+ <sect2 id="rangetypes-indexing">
<title>Indexing</title>
<indexterm>
</indexterm>
<para>
- GiST indexes can be created for table columns of range types.
- For instance:
+ GiST and SP-GiST indexes can be created for table columns of range types.
+ For instance, to create a GiST index:
<programlisting>
CREATE INDEX reservation_idx ON reservation USING gist (during);
</programlisting>
- A GiST index can accelerate queries involving these range operators:
+ A GiST or SP-GiST index can accelerate queries involving these range operators:
<literal>=</>,
<literal>&&</>,
<literal><@</>,