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