function based index problem

Hi,
on table entry (17M records) there is one index:

CREATE INDEX ndxlen
ON uniprot_frekvencije.entry
USING btree
(length(sequence::text));

When using ">=" in search which returns only two records, query runs much
(hundred times) slower. i don't know why it doesn't use index scan. I just
wanted to ask how can i modify the query to use that index? Explain plans
are pasted below.

bioinf=> explain select * from entry where length(sequence)=36805;
QUERY PLAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bitmap Heap Scan on entry (cost=1523.54..294886.26 rows=81226 width=1382)
Recheck Cond: (length((sequence)::text) = 36805)
-> Bitmap Index Scan on ndxlen (cost=0.00..1503.23 rows=81226 width=0)
Index Cond: (length((sequence)::text) = 36805)
(4 rows)

bioinf=> explain select * from entry where length(sequence)>=36805;
QUERY PLAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on entry (cost=0.00..5400995.21 rows=5415049 width=1382)
Filter: (length((sequence)::text) >= 36805)
(2 rows)

Thanx in advance
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Viktor Bojović
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