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CREATE OPERATOR CLASS()		 SQL Commands	       CREATE OPERATOR CLASS()

NAME
       CREATE OPERATOR CLASS - define a new operator class

SYNOPSIS
       CREATE OPERATOR CLASS name [ DEFAULT ] FOR TYPE data_type USING index_method AS
	 {  OPERATOR strategy_number operator_name [ ( op_type, op_type ) ] [ RECHECK ]
	  | FUNCTION support_number funcname ( argument_type [, ...] )
	  | STORAGE storage_type
	 } [, ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       CREATE  OPERATOR CLASS creates a new operator class.  An operator class
       defines how a particular data type can be used with an index. The oper‐
       ator  class specifies that certain operators will fill particular roles
       or ``strategies'' for this data type and this index method. The	opera‐
       tor class also specifies the support procedures to be used by the index
       method when the operator class is selected for an index column. All the
       operators  and  functions  used	by  an	operator class must be defined
       before the operator class is created.

       If a schema name is given then the operator class  is  created  in  the
       specified  schema.  Otherwise it is created in the current schema.  Two
       operator classes in the same schema can have the same name only if they
       are for different index methods.

       The  user  who  defines an operator class becomes its owner. Presently,
       the creating user must  be  a  superuser.  (This	 restriction  is  made
       because	an  erroneous  operator class definition could confuse or even
       crash the server.)

       CREATE OPERATOR CLASS does not presently	 check	whether	 the  operator
       class  definition  includes all the operators and functions required by
       the index method. It is the user's responsibility  to  define  a	 valid
       operator class.

       Refer to the documentation for further information.

PARAMETERS
       name   The  name	 of  the operator class to be created. The name may be
	      schema-qualified.

       DEFAULT
	      If present, the operator class will become the default  operator
	      class  for  its data type. At most one operator class can be the
	      default for a specific data type and index method.

       data_type
	      The column data type that this operator class is for.

       index_method
	      The name of the index method this operator class is for.

       strategy_number
	      The index method's strategy number for  an  operator  associated
	      with the operator class.

       operator_name
	      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an operator associated
	      with the operator class.

       op_type
	      The operand data type(s) of an operator, or NONE	to  signify  a
	      left-unary  or  right-unary operator. The operand data types may
	      be omitted in the normal case where they are  the	 same  as  the
	      operator class's data type.

       RECHECK
	      If present, the index is ``lossy'' for this operator, and so the
	      rows retrieved using the index must be rechecked to verify  that
	      they  actually  satisfy  the qualification clause involving this
	      operator.

       support_number
	      The index method's support procedure number for a function asso‐
	      ciated with the operator class.

       funcname
	      The  name (optionally schema-qualified) of a function that is an
	      index method support procedure for the operator class.

       argument_types
	      The parameter data type(s) of the function.

       storage_type
	      The data type actually stored in the index. Normally this is the
	      same  as the column data type, but some index methods (only GiST
	      at this writing) allow it to be different.  The  STORAGE	clause
	      must  be omitted unless the index method allows a different type
	      to be used.

       The OPERATOR, FUNCTION, and STORAGE clauses may appear in any order.

NOTES
       The operators should not be defined by SQL functions. A SQL function is
       likely  to  be  inlined	into the calling query, which will prevent the
       optimizer from recognizing that the query matches an index.

EXAMPLES
       The following example command defines a GiST index operator  class  for
       the data type _int4 (array of int4). See contrib/intarray/ for the com‐
       plete example.

       CREATE OPERATOR CLASS gist__int_ops
	   DEFAULT FOR TYPE _int4 USING gist AS
	       OPERATOR	       3       &&,
	       OPERATOR	       6       =       RECHECK,
	       OPERATOR	       7       @,
	       OPERATOR	       8       ~,
	       OPERATOR	       20      @@ (_int4, query_int),
	       FUNCTION	       1       g_int_consistent (internal, _int4, int4),
	       FUNCTION	       2       g_int_union (bytea, internal),
	       FUNCTION	       3       g_int_compress (internal),
	       FUNCTION	       4       g_int_decompress (internal),
	       FUNCTION	       5       g_int_penalty (internal, internal, internal),
	       FUNCTION	       6       g_int_picksplit (internal, internal),
	       FUNCTION	       7       g_int_same (_int4, _int4, internal);

COMPATIBILITY
       CREATE OPERATOR CLASS is a PostgreSQL extension.	 There	is  no	CREATE
       OPERATOR CLASS statement in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO
       ALTER  OPERATOR	CLASS  [alter_operator_class(7)],  DROP OPERATOR CLASS
       [drop_operator_class(l)]

SQL - Language Statements	  2008-01-03	       CREATE OPERATOR CLASS()
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