Patrik Kudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for your respons, but I'm afraid it didn't help. I've succeeded > with indexing my table using functional indices, but the problem is that > the index I create won't work with my query.
Works for me: test71=# create table person (last_name text); CREATE test71=# create index person_lower_lname_idx on person (lower(last_name)); CREATE test71=# explain select * from person where lower(last_name) like 'kud%'; NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: Index Scan using person_lower_lname_idx on person (cost=0.00..8.16 rows=10 width=12) EXPLAIN The difference is probably a locale problem: if you aren't in C locale then the index LIKE optimization is disabled because it doesn't work reliably. See the list archives for more info. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly