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new f24ae38fb7 [docs] Document the VECTOR data type (#9603)
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commit f24ae38fb7c5b9008656f836ea2c5416cfaa970b
Author: Eunbin Son <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Sep 7 23:44:19 2026 +0900
[docs] Document the VECTOR data type (#9603)
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@@ -204,5 +204,13 @@ All data types supported by Paimon are as follows:
<code>Note: Requires 'row-tracking.enabled' and
'data-evolution.enabled' to be set to true. See <a
href="../multimodal-table/blob">Blob Type</a> for details.</code>
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+ <tr>
+ <td><code>VECTOR<t, n></code></td>
+ <td><code>Data type of a fixed-length dense vector.</code><br><br>
+ <code>Paimon supports defining columns of type VECTOR<t, n>,
where t is the element type and n is the vector dimension. t must be one of
BOOLEAN, TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT, BIGINT, FLOAT, DOUBLE. n must have a value
between 1 and 2,147,483,647 (both inclusive). If a vector value is not null,
its elements cannot be null.</code><br><br>
+ <code>A VECTOR column cannot be used as a primary key column, a
partition column, or for sorting.</code><br><br>
+ <code>Note: Dedicated vector file storage requires
'vector.file.format', 'row-tracking.enabled' and 'data-evolution.enabled'. See
<a href="../multimodal-table/vector">Vector Storage</a> for details.</code>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
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