pgvector examples for C
Supports libpq
Follow the instructions for your database library:
Or check out some examples:
- Embeddings with OpenAI
- Binary embeddings with Cohere
- Bulk loading with
COPY
Enable the extension
PGresult*res=PQexec(conn, "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector");Create a table
PGresult*res=PQexec(conn, "CREATE TABLE items (id bigserial PRIMARY KEY, embedding vector(3))");Insert vectors
constchar*paramValues[2] ={"[1,2,3]", "[4,5,6]"}; PGresult*res=PQexecParams(conn, "INSERT INTO items (embedding) VALUES ($1), ($2)", 2, NULL, paramValues, NULL, NULL, 0);Get the nearest neighbors
constchar*paramValues[1] ={"[3,1,2]"}; PGresult*res=PQexecParams(conn, "SELECT * FROM items ORDER BY embedding <-> $1 LIMIT 5", 1, NULL, paramValues, NULL, NULL, 0);Add an approximate index
PGresult*res=PQexec(conn, "CREATE INDEX ON items USING hnsw (embedding vector_l2_ops)"); // orPGresult*res=PQexec(conn, "CREATE INDEX ON items USING ivfflat (embedding vector_l2_ops) WITH (lists = 100)");Use vector_ip_ops for inner product and vector_cosine_ops for cosine distance
See a full example
Everyone is encouraged to help improve this project. Here are a few ways you can help:
- Report bugs
- Fix bugs and submit pull requests
- Write, clarify, or fix documentation
- Suggest or add new features
To get started with development:
git clone https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-c.git cd pgvector-c createdb pgvector_c_test cmake -S . -B build cmake --build build build/testTo run an example:
cd examples/openai createdb pgvector_example cmake -S . -B build cmake --build build build/example