set enable_seqscan=off; CREATE TABLE test_char ( i "char" ); INSERT INTO test_char VALUES ('a'),('b'),('c'),('d'),('e'),('f'); CREATE INDEX idx_char ON test_char USING rum (i); SELECT * FROM test_char WHERE i<'d'::"char" ORDER BY i; i --- (0 rows) SELECT * FROM test_char WHERE i<='d'::"char" ORDER BY i; i --- (0 rows) SELECT * FROM test_char WHERE i='d'::"char" ORDER BY i; i --- d (1 row) SELECT * FROM test_char WHERE i>='d'::"char" ORDER BY i; i --- d e f (3 rows) SELECT * FROM test_char WHERE i>'d'::"char" ORDER BY i; i --- e f (2 rows)