Re: like performance w/o wildcards.

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql general list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: like performance w/o wildcards.
Date: 2003-08-04 17:10:53
Message-ID: 200308041710.h74HAr325978@candle.pha.pa.us
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Joseph Shraibman wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Well, I don't see that = would be significantly faster than LIKE with a
> > no-wildcard string, so I don't see the value in having LIKE detect
> > non-whildcard strings.
> >
> Because it won't use an index for a LIKE, only a seqscan.

Oh, that's interesting. I think a LIKE will already use an index,
except for non-C locales. Is that the issue?

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