SET enable_seqscan = off; CREATE TABLE t (val sparsevec(3)); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES ('{}/3'), ('{1:1,2:2,3:3}/3'), ('{1:1,2:1,3:1}/3'), (NULL); CREATE INDEX ON t (val); SELECT * FROM t WHERE val = '{1:1,2:2,3:3}/3'; SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val; DROP TABLE t;