Re: Case Insensitive searches

On Monday 04 August 2008 10:05, Richard Broersma wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Mike Gould <mgould(at)allcoast(dot)net> wrote:
> >In some db's if you
> > use a lower() or upr() it will always do a table scan instead of using a
> > index
>
> True, this would also happen in PostgreSQL. However, you can overcome
> this by creating a "functional" index:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/indexes-expressional.html
>
> This way all expression using where lower( column ) = 'a'. will always
> use an index scan.
>
>
> --

What about using the operator, ~* ?

Does that cause a table scan as well?
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