SET enable_seqscan = off; -- hamming CREATE TABLE t (val bit(3)); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES (B'000'), (B'100'), (B'111'), (NULL); CREATE INDEX ON t USING ivfflat (val bit_hamming_ops) WITH (lists = 1); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES (B'110'); SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val <~> B'111'; val ----- 111 110 100 000 (4 rows) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val <~> (SELECT NULL::bit)) t2; count ------- 4 (1 row) DROP TABLE t; -- varbit CREATE TABLE t (val varbit(3)); CREATE INDEX ON t USING ivfflat (val bit_hamming_ops) WITH (lists = 1); ERROR: type not supported for ivfflat index CREATE INDEX ON t USING ivfflat ((val::bit(3)) bit_hamming_ops) WITH (lists = 1); NOTICE: ivfflat index created with little data DETAIL: This will cause low recall. HINT: Drop the index until the table has more data. CREATE INDEX ON t USING ivfflat ((val::bit(64001)) bit_hamming_ops) WITH (lists = 1); ERROR: column cannot have more than 64000 dimensions for ivfflat index CREATE INDEX ON t USING ivfflat ((val::bit(2)) bit_hamming_ops) WITH (lists = 5); NOTICE: ivfflat index created with little data DETAIL: This will cause low recall. HINT: Drop the index until the table has more data. DROP TABLE t;