Re: case-insensitive index lower()

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:02:42AM +0000, loren(dot)szendre(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createindex.html
> Description:
>
> In the section on indexes the documentation accurately describes how to
> create an efficient, case-insensitive index using lower(field_name). But! in
> Firebird to get a query to utilize such index, you must write the query as
> such:
>
> WHERE myfield = lower(:myfield)
>
> Otherwise a table scan is performed. The documentation should state whether
> or not such a thing is required. It's one thing to create an index, it's
> quite another to know how to write a statement that guarantees that the
> index will be used.

I don't see that as useful for the majority of people reading the
documentation. EXPLAIN will clearly show the index being used.

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