SET enable_seqscan = off; CREATE TABLE t (val sparsevec); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES ('{}'), ('{0:1,1:2,2:3}'), ('{0:1,1:1,2:1}'), (NULL); CREATE INDEX ON t USING hnsw (val sparsevec_l2_ops); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES ('{0:1,1:2,2:4}'); SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val <-> '{0:3,1:3,2:3}'; val --------------- {0:1,1:2,2:3} {0:1,1:2,2:4} {0:1,1:1,2:1} {} (4 rows) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val <-> (SELECT NULL::sparsevec)) t2; count ------- 4 (1 row) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t; count ------- 5 (1 row) TRUNCATE t; SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val <-> '{0:3,1:3,2:3}'; val ----- (0 rows) DROP TABLE t; -- TODO move CREATE TABLE t (val sparsevec); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES (array_fill(1, ARRAY[1001])::vector::sparsevec); CREATE INDEX ON t USING hnsw (val sparsevec_l2_ops); ERROR: sparsevec cannot have more than 1000 non-zero elements for hnsw index TRUNCATE t; CREATE INDEX ON t USING hnsw (val sparsevec_l2_ops); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES (array_fill(1, ARRAY[1001])::vector::sparsevec); ERROR: sparsevec cannot have more than 1000 non-zero elements for hnsw index DROP TABLE t;