set enable_seqscan=off; CREATE TABLE test_bit ( i bit(3) ); INSERT INTO test_bit VALUES ('001'),('010'),('011'),('100'),('101'),('110'); CREATE INDEX idx_bit ON test_bit USING rum (i); SELECT * FROM test_bit WHERE i<'100'::bit(3) ORDER BY i; i ----- 001 010 011 (3 rows) SELECT * FROM test_bit WHERE i<='100'::bit(3) ORDER BY i; i ----- 001 010 011 100 (4 rows) SELECT * FROM test_bit WHERE i='100'::bit(3) ORDER BY i; i ----- 100 (1 row) SELECT * FROM test_bit WHERE i>='100'::bit(3) ORDER BY i; i ----- 100 101 110 (3 rows) SELECT * FROM test_bit WHERE i>'100'::bit(3) ORDER BY i; i ----- 101 110 (2 rows)