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title: "Reference"
slug: "dev-vector-search-reference"
updated: 2026-10-28T02:15:22Z
published: 2026-10-28T02:15:22Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/dev-vector-search-reference"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Reference

Exact syntax, settings and limits to look up. Start with the VAST Vector Search cheat sheet; go to the SQL reference, Search session settings or Limits of VAST Vector Search when you need the full detail.

- **[SQL reference for VAST Vector Search](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-reference-sql)**: Vector column types, the CREATE TABLE ... VECTOR CLUSTER BY grammar, distance functions and the errors the Query Engine returns.
- **[Search session settings](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-reference-configuration)**: Names, formats and defaults of the ADBC session settings that control how much of the vector index a search reads.
- **[Limits of VAST Vector Search](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-reference-limits)**: Index, table and search rules for vector-indexed tables in VAST Cluster 5.5, most of them fixed at table creation.
- **[VAST Vector Search cheat sheet](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-reference-cheat-sheet)**: One-page summary of creating, searching and connecting to vector-indexed tables, with quantization pairs and links to the details.