Er der en postgres NÆRMESTE operatør?

Jeg er måske lidt ude af syntaksen, men denne parametriserede forespørgsel (alle ? tag '1' i det oprindelige spørgsmål) burde køre hurtigt, dybest set 2 B-Tree opslag [forudsat at nummeret er indekseret].

SELECT * FROM
(
  (SELECT id, number FROM t WHERE number >= ? ORDER BY number LIMIT 1) AS above
  UNION ALL
  (SELECT id, number FROM t WHERE number < ? ORDER BY number DESC LIMIT 1) as below
) 
ORDER BY abs(?-number) LIMIT 1;

Forespørgselsplanen for dette med en tabel med ~5e5 rækker (med et indeks på number ) ser sådan ud:

psql => explain select * from (
        (SELECT id, number FROM t WHERE number >= 1 order by number limit 1) 
        union all
        (select id, number from t where number < 1 order by number desc limit 1)
) as make_postgresql_happy 
order by abs (1 - number) 
limit 1;
                                                  QUERY PLAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Limit  (cost=0.24..0.24 rows=1 width=12)
   ->  Sort  (cost=0.24..0.24 rows=2 width=12)
         Sort Key: (abs((1::double precision - public.t.number)))
         ->  Result  (cost=0.00..0.23 rows=2 width=12)
               ->  Append  (cost=0.00..0.22 rows=2 width=12)
                     ->  Limit  (cost=0.00..0.06 rows=1 width=12)
                           ->  Index Scan using idx_t on t  (cost=0.00..15046.74 rows=255683 width=12)
                                 Index Cond: (number >= 1::double precision)
                     ->  Limit  (cost=0.00..0.14 rows=1 width=12)
                           ->  Index Scan Backward using idx_t on t  (cost=0.00..9053.67 rows=66136 width=12)
                                 Index Cond: (number < 1::double precision)
(11 rows)