Re: index is not using

Le 09/02/2010 08:43, AI Rumman a écrit :
> I have created a index
> create index leadaddress_phone_idx on
> leadaddress(regexp_replace((phone)::text, '[^0-9]*'::text, ''::text,
> 'g'::text));
>
> But the index is not using.
>
> explain select * from leadaddress where
> regexp_replace(phone,'[^0-9]*','','g') like '%2159438606';
> QUERY
> PLAN
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Seq Scan on leadaddress (cost=100000000.00..100009699.81 rows=1 width=97)
> Filter: (regexp_replace((phone)::text, '[^0-9]*'::text, ''::text,
> 'g'::text) ~~ '%2159438606'::text)
>
> Could anyone please tell me why? I analyzed the table after index creation.
>

The index cannot be used if the filter is '%something' or
'%somethingelse%'. I can only be used for 'this%'.

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