Re: like performance w/o wildcards.

From: Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql general list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: like performance w/o wildcards.
Date: 2003-08-04 17:08:51
Message-ID: 3F2E9323.3090405@selectacast.net
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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.

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