> On 9/03/2017, at 4:34 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Not entirely sure that it's worth the trouble, as this seems like a rather
> strange use-case to me.
Thanks for the info, Tom. I can speak to the use-case in my situation, where the char(2) column is but one of many columns added to a tsvector column via tsvector_update_trigger(), so that general user-entered search queries can execute (quickly) against the tsvector column alone.
Kind regards,
Matt