Sql database doesn't use index in like statement if it starts with % ..

like 'abcd%' would work though...

To use an index you can store your value using reverse function and index
it .. then your like would use the index.


2014-02-11 20:23 GMT-05:00 Zhigang Zhang <zzgang2...@gmail.com>:

> For example:
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> Select * from T where col like '%abcd';
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> The table T is myisam table and we created a index on col.
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> As we known, this like sql does not use the index created on col, it
> confuse
> me, why?
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> I think in mysiam engine, the index data is smaller, it can use index link
> list to optimize it so as to reduce the disk scan than to the whole table
> scan.
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> Thanks.
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> Zhigang
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