I have a table with 8,628,633 rows that I'd LIKE to search (ha ha). I have a very simple query: SELECT * FROM tableA WHERE column1 LIKE '%something%';
tableA.column1 has an index on it and the database has been vacuumed recently. My problem is with the output of EXPLAIN: +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | QUERY PLAN | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Seq Scan on tableA (cost=0.00..212651.61 rows=13802 width=46) | | Filter: (column1 ~~ '%something%'::text) | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ I don't like that cost (2,12,651) at all! Is there anyway I can optimize this query? Make a different kind of index (it's currently btree)? Use substr or indexof or something instead of LIKE? Thoughts? -------------------------- David Olbersen iGuard Engineer 11415 West Bernardo Court San Diego, CA 92127 1-858-676-2277 x2152 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]