O.K.  I use MySQL version 3.23 (RedHat 7.0 release) and have a question about 
this query:

1.) [...] LIKE '%pattern'
2.) [...] LIKE 'pattern%'

The first query does not use an index while the second does.  Is there any 
explenation for this?

Thanks.


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