Ok understood...anyway trying with sqlite shell it's seams that (filed LIKE 'AA%') is slower than (field>='AAA' AND field<='AAZ') do you think there's a way I can check if the optimization is working?
Selea s.r.l. Michele Pradella R&D SELEA s.r.l. Via Aldo Moro 69 Italy - 46019 Cicognara (MN) Tel +39 0375 889091 Fax +39 0375 889080 *michele.pradella at selea.com* <mailto:michele.pradella at selea.com> *http://www.selea.com* Il 12/02/2016 11.23, Simon Slavin ha scritto: > On 12 Feb 2016, at 10:14am, Michele Pradella <michele.pradella at selea.com> > wrote: > >> I can make the query: >> SELECT field FROM car_plates WHERE (field>='EX011A')AND(field<='EX011Z'); >> now I can use the index the query is faster. > SQLite makes this optimization for you. See section 4.0 of > > <https://www.sqlite.org/optoverview.html> > > Simon. > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users