indices and cidr/inet type - Mailing list pgsql-general

in looking over the section of the users manual on indices, i see that
R-Tree indices are recommended for <<, but this advice is clearly tied to
the geometric interpretation of << ("to the left of") rather than the
network interpretation ("is contained in").

what type of index is recommended when the dominant lookup on a field is

'<networkaddress>' << ipblock

where the ipblock column is of type cidr?

thanks,
  richard
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