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Andrew Kane
47c7fa715c Updated IndexAmRoutine [skip ci] 2026-06-10 11:50:45 -07:00
Andrew Kane
12368bd79c Updated readme [skip ci] 2026-05-30 11:58:10 -07:00
Andrew Kane
88a0085459 Improved casting [skip ci] 2026-05-26 14:09:19 -07:00
Andrew Kane
ea23884efd Ran latest pgindent [skip ci] 2026-05-26 13:39:55 -07:00
Andrew Kane
3351f3d43e Simplified comment [skip ci] 2026-05-26 13:39:20 -07:00
Andrew Kane
d238409bec Merge pull request #979 from xingtanzjr/fix_ivf_create_concurrently
Fix CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY crash on ivfflat with assertion-enabled PostgreSQL
2026-04-27 03:28:52 -07:00
Zhang Jinrui
529f37175b Fix CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY crash on ivfflat with assertion-enabled PostgreSQL by passing anyvisible=false in ivfflat SampleRows 2026-04-27 10:15:32 +00:00
Andrew Kane
bce3946392 Added link to PgHero [skip ci] 2026-04-27 02:11:17 -07:00
Andrew Kane
13cb253d30 Added link to PgDog [skip ci] 2026-04-27 00:09:20 -07:00
Andrew Kane
41b3cdc011 Updated readme [skip ci] 2026-04-26 14:47:17 -07:00
Andrew Kane
ec02a96239 Updated readme [skip ci] 2026-04-26 14:45:12 -07:00
Andrew Kane
610d95b8d2 Moved scaling section [skip ci] 2026-04-26 13:12:28 -07:00
Andrew Kane
609d01f4c6 Added more scaling advice to readme [skip ci] 2026-04-26 12:56:07 -07:00
12 changed files with 66 additions and 141 deletions

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@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Store your vectors with the rest of your data. Supports:
Plus [ACID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID) compliance, point-in-time recovery, JOINs, and all of the other [great features](https://www.postgresql.org/about/) of Postgres
Have a lot of vectors? Use [quantization](#scaling) to scale
[![Build Status](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector/actions)
## Installation
@@ -314,6 +316,8 @@ For a large number of workers, you may need to increase `max_parallel_workers` (
The [index options](#index-options) also have a significant impact on build time (use the defaults unless seeing low recall)
Use [binary quantization](#binary-quantization) for faster build times at scale
### Indexing Progress
Check [indexing progress](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/progress-reporting.html#CREATE-INDEX-PROGRESS-REPORTING)
@@ -443,13 +447,7 @@ Exact indexes work well for conditions that match a low percentage of rows. Othe
CREATE INDEX ON items USING hnsw (embedding vector_l2_ops);
```
With approximate indexes, filtering is applied *after* the index is scanned. If a condition matches 10% of rows, with HNSW and the default `hnsw.ef_search` of 40, only 4 rows will match on average. For more rows, increase `hnsw.ef_search`.
```sql
SET hnsw.ef_search = 200;
```
Starting with 0.8.0, you can enable [iterative index scans](#iterative-index-scans), which will automatically scan more of the index when needed.
With approximate indexes, filtering is applied *after* the index is scanned. If a condition matches 10% of rows, with HNSW and the default `hnsw.ef_search` of 40, only 4 rows will match on average. For more rows, enable [iterative index scans](#iterative-index-scans), which will automatically scan more of the index when needed.
```sql
SET hnsw.iterative_scan = strict_order;
@@ -673,6 +671,10 @@ SHOW shared_buffers;
Be sure to restart Postgres for changes to take effect.
### Storing
Use the `halfvec` type instead of `vector` for a smaller working set.
### Loading
Use `COPY` for bulk loading data ([example](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-python/blob/master/examples/loading/example.py)).
@@ -687,6 +689,8 @@ Add any indexes *after* loading the initial data for best performance.
See index build time for [HNSW](#index-build-time) and [IVFFlat](#index-build-time-1).
Use [binary quantization](#binary-quantization) for smaller indexes and faster build times at scale.
In production environments, create indexes concurrently to avoid blocking writes.
```sql
@@ -717,6 +721,8 @@ SELECT * FROM items ORDER BY embedding <#> '[3,1,2]' LIMIT 5;
#### Approximate Search
Use [binary quantization](#binary-quantization) with re-ranking to keep indexes in-memory at scale.
To speed up queries with an IVFFlat index, increase the number of inverted lists (at the expense of recall).
```sql
@@ -732,21 +738,20 @@ REINDEX INDEX CONCURRENTLY index_name;
VACUUM table_name;
```
## Scaling
For a smaller working set:
1. Use the `halfvec` type instead of `vector` for tables
2. Use [binary quantization](#binary-quantization) for indexes (with re-ranking for search)
Scale vertically by increasing memory, CPU, and storage on a single instance. Use existing tools to [tune parameters](#tuning) and [monitor performance](#monitoring).
Scale horizontally with [replicas](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/hot-standby.html), or use [Citus](https://github.com/citusdata/citus), [PgDog](https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog), or another approach for sharding ([example](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-python/blob/master/examples/citus/example.py)).
## Monitoring
Monitor performance with [pg_stat_statements](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/pgstatstatements.html) (be sure to add it to `shared_preload_libraries`).
```sql
CREATE EXTENSION pg_stat_statements;
```
Get the most time-consuming queries with:
```sql
SELECT query, calls, ROUND((total_plan_time + total_exec_time) / calls) AS avg_time_ms,
ROUND((total_plan_time + total_exec_time) / 60000) AS total_time_min
FROM pg_stat_statements ORDER BY total_plan_time + total_exec_time DESC LIMIT 20;
```
Use existing tools like [pg_stat_statements](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/pgstatstatements.html) or [PgHero](https://github.com/ankane/pghero) to monitor performance.
Monitor recall by comparing results from approximate search with exact search.
@@ -757,14 +762,6 @@ SELECT ...
COMMIT;
```
## Scaling
Scale pgvector the same way you scale Postgres.
Scale vertically by increasing memory, CPU, and storage on a single instance. Use existing tools to [tune parameters](#tuning) and [monitor performance](#monitoring).
Scale horizontally with [replicas](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/hot-standby.html), or use [Citus](https://github.com/citusdata/citus) or another approach for sharding ([example](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-python/blob/master/examples/citus/example.py)).
## Languages
Use pgvector from any language with a Postgres client. You can even generate and store vectors in one language and query them in another.
@@ -878,6 +875,8 @@ No, but like other index types, youll likely see better performance if they d
SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('index_name'));
```
Use [half-precision indexing](#half-precision-indexing) or [binary quantization](#binary-quantization) for smaller indexes.
## Troubleshooting
#### Why isnt a query using an index?

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@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ hnswhandler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
.amconsistentequality = false,
.amconsistentordering = false,
.amcanbackward = false,
.amcanmarkpos = false,
.amcanunique = false,
.amcanmulticol = false,
.amoptionalkey = true,
@@ -312,10 +313,13 @@ hnswhandler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
.ambeginscan = hnswbeginscan,
.amrescan = hnswrescan,
.amgettuple = hnswgettuple,
.amgetbatch = NULL,
.amunguardbatch = NULL,
.amkillitemsbatch = NULL,
.amgettransform = NULL,
.amgetbitmap = NULL,
.amendscan = hnswendscan,
.ammarkpos = NULL,
.amrestrpos = NULL,
.amposreset = NULL,
.amestimateparallelscan = NULL,
.aminitparallelscan = NULL,
.amparallelrescan = NULL,

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@@ -372,13 +372,6 @@ typedef union
ItemPointerData indextid;
} HnswUnvisited;
typedef struct HnswReadStreamData
{
HnswUnvisited *unvisited;
int unvisitedLength;
int visited;
} HnswReadStreamData;
typedef struct HnswScanOpaqueData
{
const HnswTypeInfo *typeInfo;
@@ -434,13 +427,13 @@ bool HnswCheckNorm(HnswSupport * support, Datum value);
Buffer HnswNewBuffer(Relation index, ForkNumber forkNum);
void HnswInitPage(Buffer buf, Page page);
void HnswInit(void);
List *HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples, bool maintenance);
List *HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples);
HnswElement HnswGetEntryPoint(Relation index);
void HnswGetMetaPageInfo(Relation index, int *m, HnswElement * entryPoint);
void *HnswAlloc(HnswAllocator * allocator, Size size);
HnswElement HnswInitElement(char *base, ItemPointer tid, int m, double ml, int maxLevel, HnswAllocator * alloc);
HnswElement HnswInitElementFromBlock(BlockNumber blkno, OffsetNumber offno);
void HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing, bool maintenance);
void HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing);
HnswSearchCandidate *HnswEntryCandidate(char *base, HnswElement entryPoint, HnswQuery * q, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec);
void HnswUpdateMetaPage(Relation index, int updateEntry, HnswElement entryPoint, BlockNumber insertPage, ForkNumber forkNum, bool building);
void HnswSetNeighborTuple(char *base, HnswNeighborTuple ntup, HnswElement e, int m);

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@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ InsertTupleInMemory(HnswBuildState * buildstate, HnswElement element)
}
/* Find neighbors for element */
HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, NULL, support, m, efConstruction, false, true);
HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, NULL, support, m, efConstruction, false);
/* Update graph in memory */
UpdateGraphInMemory(support, element, m, entryPoint, buildstate);

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@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ HnswInsertTupleOnDisk(Relation index, HnswSupport * support, Datum value, ItemPo
}
/* Find neighbors for element */
HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, false, building);
HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, false);
/* Update graph on disk */
UpdateGraphOnDisk(index, support, element, m, entryPoint, building);

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@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
for (int lc = entryPoint->level; lc >= 1; lc--)
{
w = HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, false, NULL, NULL, NULL, true, NULL, false);
w = HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, false, NULL, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
ep = w;
}
return HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, hnsw_ef_search, 0, index, support, m, false, NULL, &so->v, hnsw_iterative_scan != HNSW_ITERATIVE_SCAN_OFF ? &so->discarded : NULL, true, &so->tuples, false);
return HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, hnsw_ef_search, 0, index, support, m, false, NULL, &so->v, hnsw_iterative_scan != HNSW_ITERATIVE_SCAN_OFF ? &so->discarded : NULL, true, &so->tuples);
}
/*
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ResumeScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan)
ep = lappend(ep, sc);
}
return HnswSearchLayer(base, &so->q, ep, batch_size, 0, index, &so->support, so->m, false, NULL, &so->v, &so->discarded, false, &so->tuples, false);
return HnswSearchLayer(base, &so->q, ep, batch_size, 0, index, &so->support, so->m, false, NULL, &so->v, &so->discarded, false, &so->tuples);
}
/*

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@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
#include "varatt.h"
#endif
#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 190000
#include "storage/read_stream.h"
#endif
#if PG_VERSION_NUM < 170000
static inline uint64
murmurhash64(uint64 data)
@@ -535,12 +531,14 @@ HnswGetDistance(Datum a, Datum b, HnswSupport * support)
* Load an element and optionally get its distance from q
*/
static void
HnswLoadElementImpl(Buffer buf, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, HnswQuery * q, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec, double *maxDistance, HnswElement * element)
HnswLoadElementImpl(BlockNumber blkno, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, HnswQuery * q, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec, double *maxDistance, HnswElement * element)
{
Buffer buf;
Page page;
HnswElementTuple etup;
/* Read vector */
buf = ReadBuffer(index, blkno);
LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_SHARE);
page = BufferGetPage(buf);
@@ -561,7 +559,7 @@ HnswLoadElementImpl(Buffer buf, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, HnswQuery
if (distance == NULL || maxDistance == NULL || *distance < *maxDistance)
{
if (*element == NULL)
*element = HnswInitElementFromBlock(BufferGetBlockNumber(buf), offno);
*element = HnswInitElementFromBlock(blkno, offno);
HnswLoadElementFromTuple(*element, etup, true, loadVec);
}
@@ -575,9 +573,7 @@ HnswLoadElementImpl(Buffer buf, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, HnswQuery
void
HnswLoadElement(HnswElement element, double *distance, HnswQuery * q, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec, double *maxDistance)
{
Buffer buf = ReadBuffer(index, element->blkno);
HnswLoadElementImpl(buf, element->offno, distance, q, index, support, loadVec, maxDistance, &element);
HnswLoadElementImpl(element->blkno, element->offno, distance, q, index, support, loadVec, maxDistance, &element);
}
/*
@@ -817,31 +813,11 @@ HnswLoadUnvisitedFromDisk(HnswElement element, HnswUnvisited * unvisited, int *u
}
}
#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 190000
/*
* Get next block number for read stream
*/
static BlockNumber
HnswReadStreamNextBlock(ReadStream *stream, void *callback_private_data, void *per_buffer_data)
{
HnswReadStreamData *streamData = callback_private_data;
OffsetNumber *offno = per_buffer_data;
HnswUnvisited *uv;
if (streamData->visited == streamData->unvisitedLength)
return InvalidBlockNumber;
uv = &streamData->unvisited[streamData->visited++];
*offno = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(&uv->indextid);
return ItemPointerGetBlockNumber(&uv->indextid);
}
#endif
/*
* Algorithm 2 from paper
*/
List *
HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples, bool maintenance)
HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples)
{
List *w = NIL;
pairingheap *C = pairingheap_allocate(CompareNearestCandidates, NULL);
@@ -856,21 +832,6 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
int unvisitedLength;
bool inMemory = index == NULL;
#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 190000
HnswReadStreamData streamData;
ReadStream *stream = NULL;
if (!inMemory)
{
int flags = READ_STREAM_USE_BATCHING;
if (maintenance)
flags |= READ_STREAM_MAINTENANCE;
stream = read_stream_begin_relation(flags, NULL, index, MAIN_FORKNUM, HnswReadStreamNextBlock, &streamData, sizeof(OffsetNumber));
}
#endif
if (v == NULL)
{
v = &vh;
@@ -933,23 +894,13 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
if (inMemory)
HnswLoadUnvisitedFromMemory(base, cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, v, lc, localNeighborhood, neighborhoodSize);
else
{
HnswLoadUnvisitedFromDisk(cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, v, index, m, lm, lc);
#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 190000
read_stream_resume(stream);
streamData.unvisited = unvisited;
streamData.unvisitedLength = unvisitedLength;
streamData.visited = 0;
#endif
}
/* OK to count elements instead of tuples */
if (tuples != NULL)
(*tuples) += unvisitedLength;
for (int i = 0;; i++)
for (int i = 0; i < unvisitedLength; i++)
{
HnswElement eElement;
HnswSearchCandidate *e;
@@ -960,40 +911,18 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
if (inMemory)
{
if (i == unvisitedLength)
break;
eElement = unvisited[i].element;
eDistance = GetElementDistance(base, eElement, q, support);
}
else
{
Buffer buf;
OffsetNumber offno;
#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 190000
void *offnoPtr;
buf = read_stream_next_buffer(stream, &offnoPtr);
if (!BufferIsValid(buf))
break;
offno = *((OffsetNumber *) offnoPtr);
#else
ItemPointer indextid;
if (i == unvisitedLength)
break;
indextid = &unvisited[i].indextid;
buf = ReadBuffer(index, ItemPointerGetBlockNumber(indextid));
offno = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(indextid);
#endif
ItemPointer indextid = &unvisited[i].indextid;
BlockNumber blkno = ItemPointerGetBlockNumber(indextid);
OffsetNumber offno = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(indextid);
/* Avoid any allocations if not adding */
eElement = NULL;
HnswLoadElementImpl(buf, offno, &eDistance, q, index, support, inserting, alwaysAdd || discarded != NULL ? NULL : &f->distance, &eElement);
HnswLoadElementImpl(blkno, offno, &eDistance, q, index, support, inserting, alwaysAdd || discarded != NULL ? NULL : &f->distance, &eElement);
if (eElement == NULL)
continue;
@@ -1049,11 +978,6 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
w = lappend(w, sc);
}
#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 190000
if (!inMemory)
read_stream_end(stream);
#endif
return w;
}
@@ -1349,7 +1273,7 @@ PrecomputeHash(char *base, HnswElement element)
* Algorithm 1 from paper
*/
void
HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing, bool maintenance)
HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing)
{
List *ep;
List *w;
@@ -1376,7 +1300,7 @@ HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint
/* 1st phase: greedy search to insert level */
for (int lc = entryLevel; lc >= level + 1; lc--)
{
w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, NULL, NULL, true, NULL, maintenance);
w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
ep = w;
}
@@ -1395,7 +1319,7 @@ HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint
List *lw = NIL;
ListCell *lc2;
w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, efConstruction, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, NULL, NULL, true, NULL, maintenance);
w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, efConstruction, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
/* Convert search candidates to candidates */
foreach(lc2, w)

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@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ RepairGraphElement(HnswVacuumState * vacuumstate, HnswElement element, HnswEleme
element->heaptidsLength = 0;
/* Find neighbors for element, skipping itself */
HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, true, true);
HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, true);
/* Zero memory for each element */
MemSet(ntup, 0, HNSW_TUPLE_ALLOC_SIZE);

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@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ SampleRows(IvfflatBuildState * buildstate)
{
BlockNumber targblock = BlockSampler_Next(&buildstate->bs);
/* Set anyvisible to false like table_index_build_scan */
table_index_build_range_scan(buildstate->heap, buildstate->index, buildstate->indexInfo,
false, true, false, targblock, 1, SampleCallback, (void *) buildstate, NULL);
false, false, false, targblock, 1, SampleCallback, (void *) buildstate, NULL);
}
/* Normalize if needed */

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@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ ivfflathandler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
.amconsistentequality = false,
.amconsistentordering = false,
.amcanbackward = false,
.amcanmarkpos = false,
.amcanunique = false,
.amcanmulticol = false,
.amoptionalkey = true,
@@ -229,10 +230,13 @@ ivfflathandler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
.ambeginscan = ivfflatbeginscan,
.amrescan = ivfflatrescan,
.amgettuple = ivfflatgettuple,
.amgetbatch = NULL,
.amunguardbatch = NULL,
.amkillitemsbatch = NULL,
.amgettransform = NULL,
.amgetbitmap = NULL,
.amendscan = ivfflatendscan,
.ammarkpos = NULL,
.amrestrpos = NULL,
.amposreset = NULL,
.amestimateparallelscan = NULL,
.aminitparallelscan = NULL,
.amparallelrescan = NULL,

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@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ sparsevec_isspace(char ch)
static int
CompareIndices(const void *a, const void *b)
{
if (((SparseInputElement *) a)->index < ((SparseInputElement *) b)->index)
if (((const SparseInputElement *) a)->index < ((const SparseInputElement *) b)->index)
return -1;
if (((SparseInputElement *) a)->index > ((SparseInputElement *) b)->index)
if (((const SparseInputElement *) a)->index > ((const SparseInputElement *) b)->index)
return 1;
return 0;

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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
#endif
#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 180000
PG_MODULE_MAGIC_EXT(.name = "vector",.version = "0.8.2");
PG_MODULE_MAGIC_EXT(.name = "vector", .version = "0.8.2");
#else
PG_MODULE_MAGIC;
#endif