Re: How to get around LIKE inefficiencies?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to get around LIKE inefficiencies?
Date: 2000-11-06 04:14:56
Message-ID: 200011060414.XAA12858@candle.pha.pa.us
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> so, we are gonna have an AI built into the database now too? my
> experience to date is that each scenario is different for what can be done
> to fix something ... as my last problem shows. I could remove the index,
> since it isn't used anywhere else that I'm aware of, or, as philip pointed
> out, I could change my query ...
>
> now, this 'PERFORMANCE_TIPS', would it have to be smart enough to think
> about Philips solution, or only Tom's? How is such a knowledge base
> maintained? Who is turned off of PgSQL when they enable that, and it
> doesn't help their performance even though they follow the
> recommendations?

Well, I think it would be helpful to catch the most obvious things
people forget, but if no one thinks its a good idea, I will yank it.

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