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What other types of indexes exist in PostgreSQL?

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In addition to standard indexes (B-tree, Hash, GiST, GIN, SP-GiST, BRIN), PostgreSQL also has other specialized types of indexes and extensions:

  • Partial Indexes — indexes built only on parts of a table that satisfy a condition.
  • Expression Indexes — indexes based on the results of expressions or functions, rather than directly on columns.
  • Covering Indexes (INCLUDE) — an extension of B-tree that allows including additional columns to cover queries without accessing the table.
  • Bloom Indexes (via extensions) — effective for indexing a large number of columns with low selectivity.
  • Custom Index Types — PostgreSQL allows creating custom index types through its API, for specific tasks.

Thus, PostgreSQL provides flexible options for query optimization using various types of indexes and their combinations.

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