On Thursday 15 March 2007 15:05, Rodrigo De León wrote: > From http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/indexes-types.html : > > "The optimizer can also use a B-tree index for queries involving the > pattern matching operators LIKE and ~ if the pattern is a constant and > is anchored to the beginning of the string ? for example, col LIKE > 'foo%' or col ~ '^foo', but not col LIKE '%bar'."
It made the query faster (1500 instead of 2500 ms), but not fast enough. But, this is good to know, although I often need the '%foobar%' search string... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match