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Bloom Filter Indexes in PostgreSQL


F.7. bloom — bloom filter index access method # F.7.1. Parameters F.7.2. Examples F.7.3. Operator Class Interface F.7.4. Limitations F.7.5. Authors …

A Bloom filter is a space-efficient data structure that is used to test whether an element is a member of a set. So index search results must always be rechecked using the actual attribute values from the heap entry. bloom access method doesn't support searching for NULL values.

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