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_ip_ops); INSERT INTO t (val) VALUES ('{0:1,1:2,2:4}'); SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val <#> '{0:3,1:3,2:3}'; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY val <#> (SELECT NULL::sparsevec)) t2; DROP TABLE t;