The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 1325 Logged by: gregory
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.0 Beta Operating system: win2000 Description: like error Details: I create a table CREATE TABLE tbinvoicerows ( invoicecd varchar(16) NOT NULL, articlecd varchar(5), articlenm varchar(32), familycd varchar(1), articlepriority int4, quantity numeric(8,2), unitprice numeric(8,2), unity varchar(32), vattypecd char(2), vatratio numeric(9,3), amountbt numeric(11,5), currency varchar(20), commratio numeric(9,3), discountbt numeric(8,2), discountratio numeric(9,3), relratio numeric(5,2), "timestamp" timestamp ) WITHOUT OIDS; ALTER TABLE tbinvoicerows OWNER TO sa; after I copy 5 millions lignes on the table after CREATE INDEX "idx_invoiceCd" ON tbinvoicerows USING btree (invoicecd); after select * from tbinvoicerows where invoicecd = 'FLOCAA00000025' result in 0 seconde with 2 records NO BUG select * from tbinvoicerows where invoicecd like '%FLOCAA00000025%' result in 40 secondes with 2 records NO BUG select * from tbinvoicerows where invoicecd like 'FLOCAA00000025%' result in 40 secondes with 2 records BUG Bug : the result is good but I expect a result faster as the first select (like in mssql 7) I test Postgres since One Week.... for the moment NICE WORK Congratulation Gregory ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend