[firebird-support] Does SIMILAR TO use an index?

2013-05-10 Thread Parzival
Hello all, I could note find an information on that subject so far: Is there a way that SIMILAR TO uses an index? I did not see it so far: select * from bau2org where ORGANISATIONSEINHEIT SIMILAR TO '01%' - Does not select * from bau2org where ORGANISATIONSEINHEIT LIKE '01%' - uses

Re: [firebird-support] Does SIMILAR TO use an index?

2013-05-10 Thread W O
In my tests, SIMILAR TO never uses an index. Of course, you can force an index for the table with the clause ORDER BY Greetings. Walter. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Parzival parzival1...@gmx.at wrote: ** Hello all, I could note find an information on that subject so far: Is there

Re: [firebird-support] Does SIMILAR TO use an index?

2013-05-10 Thread Ann Harrison
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, W O sistemas2000profesio...@gmail.comwrote: In my tests, SIMILAR TO never uses an index. LIKE uses an index only if the expression starts with a literal value that is known at compile time. I guess SIMILAR TO could be taught to do the same, but that

Re: [firebird-support] Does SIMILAR TO use an index?

2013-05-10 Thread W O
Yes Ann, you are right, but I said: an index for the table, not for a subset of a table for retrieval. Greetings. Walter. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.comwrote: ** On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, W O sistemas2000profesio...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [firebird-support] Does SIMILAR TO use an index?

2013-05-10 Thread Ann Harrison
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:18 PM, W O sistemas2000profesio...@gmail.comwrote: Yes Ann, you are right, but I said: an index for the table, not for a subset of a table for retrieval. Sorry to say, you've hit one of my hot buttons. When you're reading a text book, do you go to the index, read

Re: [firebird-support] Does SIMILAR TO use an index?

2013-05-10 Thread W O
Ok Ann, I understand now your point of view. Thank you very much for your answer. Greetings. Walter. P.D: I really loves the way you write and it is not a joke. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.comwrote: ** On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:18 PM, W O